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Would a SATA / SSD duplicator work with RedMags?

Jose Alejandro Acosta

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correct the connection is proprietary on the red mags and currently there is no devices that hook into it that are third party. but this is exactly why they have the 2.5 inch reader that hooks up with the 1.8 inch redmag reader. with these 2 devices and a laptop you can copy paste red mags from the mag to the 2.5 inch drive. or you can use any external/intern hdd to copy paste with that connects to a laptop. both these methods need a laptop though, so its not really what you wanted.

there are recording methods that get hd out of the hdmi port, but its a baked in image not a r3d file then (not raw). if you do a search you can find some products that hook up thru the hdmi, but its limiting you to a 2k baked in image from the start, so its kind of a shotty solution.

http://cinescopophilia.com/sound-devices-pix-240-new-firmware-features-for-the-red-epic/

check out the video at the above link if your interested
 
Thanks for the advice guys - makes sense.
The Sound Devices PIX 240 seems like a good solution for projects that don't require color correction or cinema resolution.
 
plus it gives the post guys proxy files they can edit with on the fly without needing a mobile rocket on set to transcode the raw files to proxy editing files. so the product definitely can be used for cinema too, just need to reconform the raw files later for finishing when your done editing in 2k with the proxy files.

but yes you totally still need a laptop on set unfortunately... but at least with this device and a laptop you can edit right there. its a lot less to carry then using a mac pro with a rocket and needing to transcode the raw files down to proxy editing files. still not quite as light weight as your looking for, but an improvement none the less over what used to be carried on set for creating proxy files. its quite useful because the processing needed to create proxies is so much easier now then it used to be
 
The redmag is proprietary, but the docking station thing can be connected via firewire, or SATA.

I do not see why you can't connect the "red station" via SATA to some sort of duplicator, just a matter of running a SATA cable from the duplicator (from the internal connector?) to the SATA connector on the back of the red station... then plug your redmag on the redstation and move on.

Am I missing something in the picture? I haven't tried it, but I suppose that should work.
 
Jose Alejandro Acosta said:
Cool idea - I didn't realize the Redmag has a SATA connection.
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The Redmag doesn't. The Red Station (that you plug the Redmag into) does.

You can use a program like R3D Data Manager, or Shotput Pro, or others, to make check-summed copies over to multiple drives simultaneously. Course, you'll need at least a Laptop to do that. But currently, that's the most portable, reliable way to copy over Redmags.
 
Yeah, I've used Shotput Pro for Canon, Sony, and Panasonic media. Have not tried it yet with RED media.
I'll test it out when my gear arrives...
Cheers,
 
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