Avid Unity / Workgroups / Local Storage

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

Randall L Rike — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:34:43 GMT

"I'm scrapping this system and going with Avid Unity or Editshare"

Excellent idea. In the long run you'll have more productivity, which hopefully will out weigh the cost of the "proper" solution. Let us know if we can help get your new shared storage solution running.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:12:04 GMT

This whole project has been a mess.

When I capture on more than one machine simultaneosly I get file not found errors. It can't find the creating files. I think this is because of a lack of media managment software found in unity or editshare.

I'm scrapping this system and going with Avid Unity or Editshare.

I have appreciated all the suggestions.

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

berga — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:19:54 GMT

Maybe I will qualify my answer.

First, it is possibly to save projects on a share. But it is not recomendable to let more than one editor use that project without a unity or lanshare. This because these systems has build in systems for locking and unlocking bins so only one can change a timeling at time.

Second, It is not possibly to share a mediafolder by to computers at the same time without unit or lanshare (or some competiing proucts such as editshare and a product from tiger technology). This because the file which build the database of the media can only be used by one at ones. This is by old design and a heritage, not an evil way to force us to buy their overprices SANs.

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

berga — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:39:33 GMT

It is possilby. You have to map a letter to the share and let the user get access to the root of the share.

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

o_ren — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:27:40 GMT

From what i know, avid deliberatly block the usage of network drives, at least on some avid software. so even if you have the bandwidth, you won't be able to create media on network drives, (and that includes fiber channel drives) unless they are unity drives.
sad but true.

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:10:59 GMT

Will Avid work on a Windows XP Pro workstion hooked to a Unix Server?

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:43:17 GMT

When trying to capture video i get the following error

Exception:OMFI HPDomain_error_closing_Domain

Exception: File_other, Filename:S:\OMFI mediafiles\creating\creating12

Sys_Error, Status:64, msg:the specified network name is no longer available

Sys_Error, Status:121, msg: The semaphore timeout period has expired

Re: Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:30:41 GMT

I've made progress. I can now create a new project to the SAN. However, I still have a capture issue. I can capture audio but when I try to capture video Avid locks up and stops responding. Does anyone have any ideas? Bandwidth seems to be fine. Does Avid handle video differently than audio? Could it be the way it creates the OMF as opposed to the Aiff audio?

How does the creating folder work?

Need help.

Sv: Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

berga — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:49:55 GMT

gates,
does You have experience with tigers solution? I am interesting in it but has not find any references except from their webpage.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:22:30 GMT

That's okay. I work in a school and we want a student to be able to start on computer A and finish on computer B. We don't need multiple access at one time. My problem is I can't get Avid to record to the SAN or get my projects to save to it either. I get a can not copy error when I try existing projects.

Any help is appreciated.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

Dom Q. Silverio — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:45:24 GMT

You cannot share a project in the true sense without Unity or LANShare. With home made SAN, only one user can have access to both project and media at any given time.

You can share media with other systems at the same time but that would require at least a third party SAN software like EditShare.

Check out Terrablock for affordable video SAN.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:34:32 GMT

I was told I don't need the software but I still can't get it to work. Avid stops responding when I try to capture from tape to the SAN.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:07:08 GMT

I'll check it out thanks. If anyone else has something shoot it my way. It's much appreciated.

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

gates — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:42:22 GMT

You need the software. call
http://tiger-technology.com/

Re: Setting up an Avid SAN

xtrand — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:13:11 GMT

I have read every post about networks on the forum. It sounds pretty simple and I think it should work. But it doesn't maybe I'm missing something. Could it be a permissions thing? I have full control to the drives.

Thoughts anyone?