Finally DV Rack on a Mac? - Page 2

Karl Soule · April 13th, 2006, 11:24 AM

Hi Valeriu,

Yep - using an external mouse makes right-clicking easy. I know a lot of MacBook Pro users who try to stay as "mobile" as possible, and the built-in touchpad device doesn't offer a right-click option. It was a shock to some that Windows didn't natively recognize the option-click. That freeware utility for Windows corrects that.

No news on a virtualization solution yet. Parallels doesn't allow for Direct3D calls, so it prevents DV Rack from working, at least today. They say that they are working on it, so keep watching their site.

Dean Harrington · April 14th, 2006, 09:26 PM

any ideas about Ultra working on the Mac intel?

Karl Soule · April 15th, 2006, 10:37 AM

All Serious Magic software appears to run fine. A friend of a developer brought in their MacBook Pro to the office last night, and we loaded everything. Didn't do a lot of hardcore testing, but we recorded clips in DV Rack, brought them into ULTRA, keyed them, saved them back as QuickTime files, rebooted, and dragged/dropped them into FCP. We also tried Visual Communicator, and it also worked.

I would remind everyone that Boot Camp is beta software right now, and I have heard of a couple of cases where you'll have to reformat your Mac partition after installing Boot Camp, so make sure and backup, backup, backup!

Marco Leavitt · May 5th, 2006, 10:31 AM

What kind of latency are you guys seeing? Can you pull focus using the laptop as a monitor?

Marc Colemont · April 14th, 2008, 07:38 AM

Any updates on this subject?
What is the best workflow with the latest MacBook Pro and bootcamp versus the virtual mode?

Paul Mailath · April 14th, 2008, 08:14 AM

I'm running bootcamp and console 1.1 - it doesn't run with parallels and I recall reading that on location didn't either

Marc Colemont · April 14th, 2008, 08:58 AM

Any luck with VMware Fusion?

G. Lee Gordon · April 16th, 2008, 05:25 PM

If your going to run any video intense programs they won't work well with Parallel or other software that emulates the windows environment. But, they all run fine when used on windows via boot camp.

Gints Klimanis · April 17th, 2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc Colemont

Any luck with VMware Fusion?

VMware Fusion works with pretty much everything, but I'm having trouble using the MacBookPro Firewire port. USB recognizes devices. Has anyone tried Firewire capture or tape write under Fusion?

Marc Colemont · April 24th, 2008, 02:57 AM

Ok, I will use bootcamp and that extra utility to see the Mac Partition.

Before on the Serious Magic website, there was an explanation how to move a license from one computer to another as the license uses serial numbers from the motherboard. I think you needed to send a code generated, and you got a code back.
But I cannot find the info on the adobe website. Any help appreciated.

Tim Dashwood · April 24th, 2008, 09:14 AM

BTW, Scopebox 2.0 will be fully HDV and quicktime compatible, and of course OS X native. It will be available soon.
I fiddled with DVRack/On Location so much that I've come to the conclusion that even with using Bootcamp and a fresh install of XP it isn't reliable. It crashes too much for me to consider using it in a production environment.
I spoke with the developer of Scopebox at NAB and it seems he's figured out, without help from Apple, how to encapsulate an HDV stream into Quicktime. This includes 720p24, 720p25, 720p30, 720p50, 720p60, 1080p24, 1080i50, & 1080i60.
We'll know for sure when Scopebox 2.0 is released.

Marc Colemont · May 1st, 2008, 04:32 AM

Thanks for the info Tim

April 13th, 2006, 11:24 AM	#16
Karl Soule Serious Magic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 106	Hi Valeriu, Yep - using an external mouse makes right-clicking easy. I know a lot of MacBook Pro users who try to stay as "mobile" as possible, and the built-in touchpad device doesn't offer a right-click option. It was a shock to some that Windows didn't natively recognize the option-click. That freeware utility for Windows corrects that. No news on a virtualization solution yet. Parallels doesn't allow for Direct3D calls, so it prevents DV Rack from working, at least today. They say that they are working on it, so keep watching their site. __________________ Karl Soule' Product Marketing Manager, Serious Magic Professional Products Group. ksoule@seriousmagic.com

April 14th, 2006, 09:26 PM	#17
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 530	Karl ..... any ideas about Ultra working on the Mac intel?

April 15th, 2006, 10:37 AM	#18
Karl Soule Serious Magic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 106	All Serious Magic software appears to run fine. A friend of a developer brought in their MacBook Pro to the office last night, and we loaded everything. Didn't do a lot of hardcore testing, but we recorded clips in DV Rack, brought them into ULTRA, keyed them, saved them back as QuickTime files, rebooted, and dragged/dropped them into FCP. We also tried Visual Communicator, and it also worked. I would remind everyone that Boot Camp is beta software right now, and I have heard of a couple of cases where you'll have to reformat your Mac partition after installing Boot Camp, so make sure and backup, backup, backup! __________________ Karl Soule' Product Marketing Manager, Serious Magic Professional Products Group. ksoule@seriousmagic.com

April 14th, 2008, 07:38 AM	#20
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 603	Any updates on this subject? What is the best workflow with the latest MacBook Pro and bootcamp versus the virtual mode? __________________ Marc Colemont - Belgium - http://www.mc-productions.be JVC GY-HD251E, DR-HD100, SteadiCam Flyer, PPro, Cineform

April 14th, 2008, 08:14 AM	#21
Paul Mailath Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Coast - NSW, Australia Posts: 436	I'm running bootcamp and console 1.1 - it doesn't run with parallels and I recall reading that on location didn't either __________________ Cheers - Paul M. XH-A1, Letus Extreme, CS3 Just a fan of the medium - still learning

May 5th, 2006, 10:31 AM	#19
Marco Leavitt Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Albany, NY 12210 Posts: 2,177	What kind of latency are you guys seeing? Can you pull focus using the laptop as a monitor?

April 14th, 2008, 08:58 AM	#22
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 603	Any luck with VMware Fusion? __________________ Marc Colemont - Belgium - http://www.mc-productions.be JVC GY-HD251E, DR-HD100, SteadiCam Flyer, PPro, Cineform

April 16th, 2008, 05:25 PM	#23
G. Lee Gordon Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 193	If your going to run any video intense programs they won't work well with Parallel or other software that emulates the windows environment. But, they all run fine when used on windows via boot camp. __________________ "Get Er Done!!!"

April 24th, 2008, 02:57 AM	#25
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 603	Ok, I will use bootcamp and that extra utility to see the Mac Partition. Before on the Serious Magic website, there was an explanation how to move a license from one computer to another as the license uses serial numbers from the motherboard. I think you needed to send a code generated, and you got a code back. But I cannot find the info on the adobe website. Any help appreciated. __________________ Marc Colemont - Belgium - http://www.mc-productions.be JVC GY-HD251E, DR-HD100, SteadiCam Flyer, PPro, Cineform

April 24th, 2008, 09:14 AM	#26
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 2,686	BTW, Scopebox 2.0 will be fully HDV and quicktime compatible, and of course OS X native. It will be available soon. I fiddled with DVRack/On Location so much that I've come to the conclusion that even with using Bootcamp and a fresh install of XP it isn't reliable. It crashes too much for me to consider using it in a production environment. I spoke with the developer of Scopebox at NAB and it seems he's figured out, without help from Apple, how to encapsulate an HDV stream into Quicktime. This includes 720p24, 720p25, 720p30, 720p50, 720p60, 1080p24, 1080i50, & 1080i60. We'll know for sure when Scopebox 2.0 is released. __________________ Tim Dashwood

May 1st, 2008, 04:32 AM	#27
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 603	Thanks for the info Tim __________________ Marc Colemont - Belgium - http://www.mc-productions.be JVC GY-HD251E, DR-HD100, SteadiCam Flyer, PPro, Cineform

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