WI-FI request for the RED Team

[Joseph Hutson]

Backup this way would allow another layer of safety and speed up the downloading.

That have to be a seriously fast network to transfer files of that size. :scared:

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

That have to be a seriously fast network to transfer files of that size. :scared:

802.11n has a theoretical max speed of 30MBs that's almost the same as USB2.0's 45MBs theoretical speed. Not too shabby.

 

[Carsten Kurz]

Well how long does it take to dig out 16GBytes from the cam through CF?

- Carsten

 

[Stuart English]

Transfer rates

Transfer rates

802.11n has a theoretical max speed of 30MBs

And L.A area freeways have a theoretical speed limit of 65 m.p.h ...

However you can only drive as fast as the guy in front of you

 

[Joseph Hutson]

And L.A area freeways have a theoretical speed limit of 65 m.p.h ...

However you can only drive as fast as the guy in front of you

haha

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

And L.A area freeways have a theoretical speed limit of 65 m.p.h ...

However you can only drive as fast as the guy in front of you

I get pretty close in the same room. Maybe 60mph.

Mostly I was just hoping for WIFI to offload stills which would be more than fast enough. Or if there was a system in the ASIC to generate a still so that a DP could pull a frame from the last shot and do a quick grade in REDCine without pulling the CF Card.

 

[Joseph Hutson]

Or if there was a system in the ASIC to generate a still so that a DP could pull a frame from the last shot and do a quick grade in REDCine without pulling the CF Card.

hmm...that sounds like a revolution of filmmaking. :ihih:

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Indeed. Especially if REDCine has a direct connection where a file wasn't even created.

Could you imagine a TCP/IP 'live tap' to multiple cameras.

The DP sits on a workstation in video village and "requests" a live frame or a 'story board' of thumbnails from a previous shot. Then the camera finds that frame from the storyboard, or takes a new still if you request a live shot and generates an r3d and sends it to a REDCine User folder.

It would be like a video tap you can work with inside of photoshop or REDCine. Completely wirelessly.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

This would be incredible for VFX artists as well.

We just pull down a frame on our workstation. Drop the new frame into the comp and could show a slap comp from inside of Nuke with an up to date frame. We can then dig into the channels and let the DP know if we're getting a bit too much noise in the blue channel etc.

Make up could pull down a still frame onto a laptop and zoom way in to check up.

There are lots and lots and lots of applications which don't require video but from which even a single frame would be helpful. But not if we have to pull a CF Card and share around entire multi-GB shots.