RedCine - Data Transfer Check

Homersapien

Homersapien

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When someone downloads data from a RedDrive to a computer or an external hardrive connected to that computer would it be possible to have RedCine make a comparison of the two files to check whether the downloaded version is in any way corrupt or altered in transfer by means of a read/write error or other?

I don't know if this has been built in or discussed before (I don't recall personally). RAID setups would also benefit from running RedCine on them where users shot to RedDrive and backed up to a RAID onsite.

It's basically a confidence thing to be sure that when you wipe your RedDrive clean to continue filming you aren't worried that the footage you've just deleted hasn't vanished forever without having to sit and watch everything that has been shot that day.
 
Data Cloning

Data Cloning

Sure, we do need to make sure that the data has been copied accurately, so we'll have a mechanism in place to validate the transfer was accurate.
 
Workflow/Risk management

Workflow/Risk management

As I wound my way through the booths at DV Expo I found myself paying a lot of attention to the storage vendors. Funny how the years of paying huge dollars for tape decks made the cost of terrabytes seem reasonable http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/images/icons/icon10.gif

In any case, my evolving plan for dealing with the footage on set would create at least 3 copies before the RedDrive gets wiped. Standard plan: one archive copy of the RedCode version on hard drives which I would store for a fee, one backup copy created by RedCine as a "one light" on hard drives in the highest quality format the client can handle and one working copy on portable hard drives in the format they choose for editorial. What if the RedCode version gets compromised? That's what the backup copy is for, and yes I realize it won't be as good as the RedCode copy but it will CYA. Don't you want to go back to the RedCode RAW version for final conform? If you have the time and budget that would be the best route, but IMHO, assuming your back up copy is a 10bit 4:4:4 RGB version at 2K or 1080p, or something similar, you can grade and finish from that with excellent results. In a couple of years there may be a lot of demand for 4K 12bit DI workflows but I only expect the very deepest pockets to be playing that game anytime soon.

One of the truly amazing things about what the Red Team is doing is the RedCine software which will allow us to tweak the RAW data in all its glory in creating the "one light" version. A good DoP will be able to be as agressive or as gentle as they like at this stage, be able to maintain a lot of control over their work, and make the final color grade much easier / faster / cheaper.

Blair S. Paulsen
RedOne #19
 
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