Bluefish444 SD|Greed User manual

SD|Greed
User Manual

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Limited Warranty
Bluefish444 warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of purchase. This warranty
is provided only to customers who register the Bluefish444 serial number at the place
nominated on the Bluefish444 homepage. If a product proves to be defective during
this three year warranty period, Bluefish444, at its option, will either repair the
defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in
exchange for the defective product.
In order to obtain service under this warranty, the customer must notify Bluefish444
of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period. The customer shall be
responsible for packing and shipping the defective product to a designated service
centre nominated by Bluefish444 with shipping charges prepaid. Bluefish444 shall
pay for the return of the product to the customer.
This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper
use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Bluefish444 shall not be
obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from
attempts by personnel other than Bluefish444 authorized resellers to install, repair or
service the product, b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to
incompatible equipment, c) to repair any damage resulting or malfunction caused by
the use of non Bluefish444 parts or supplies, or d) to service a product that has been
modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such a modification or
integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product.
This warranty specifically shall not apply to Bluefish444 products purchased second
hand.
This warranty is given by Bluefish444 in lieu of any other warranties, expressed or
implied. Bluefish444’s responsibility to repair or replace defective products is the
whole and exclusive remedy provided to the customer for any indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages.

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Support Contact Details.
If you have any questions please contact support at [email protected].
Email Support is free for the life of the warranty.
For phone support you must register your product at
http://www.bluefish444.com/support/techsupport.
In order to speed the resolution of your problem please ensure that you provide the
following information when contacting support.
•System configuration and manufacture, Mother board type and Devices
installed.
•SCSI or RAID controller card type.
•Storage array configuration,
•OS version.
•Applications installed
•Bluefish444 Serial number and product type.
For phone support and access to other support resources, hardware configurations etc
please register your card at the following website link;
http://www.bluefish444.com/products/warranty/register.asp
If an issue still exists please contact your integrator or reseller or contact
Bluefish444 technical support;
World [email protected]
North America [email protected]
Europe [email protected]
Australasia / APAC
9am to 5pm
(GMT+10 hours)
ph [phone]
[email protected]
North America
9am to 5pm
(GMT -5 hours)
ph 775-727-6950
[email protected]
Europe
9am to 5pm
ph [phone]
[email protected]

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Contents
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SD|Greed........................................................................................................................................................ 1
User Manual................................................................................................................................................... 1
Limited Warranty........................................................................................................................................... 2
Support Contact Details................................................................................................................................. 3
Australasia / APAC................................................................................................................................ 3
North America....................................................................................................................................... 3
Europe.................................................................................................................................................... 3
Contents......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Features........................................................................................................................................................ 10
Hardware...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Video Modes........................................................................................................................................ 10
Digital Signal Format .......................................................................................................................... 10
Analog Signal Format.......................................................................................................................... 10
Digital Audio....................................................................................................................................... 10
Analog Audio....................................................................................................................................... 10
Pixel Formats....................................................................................................................................... 10
File Formats......................................................................................................................................... 10
Hardware Features............................................................................................................................... 10
Software....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Windows.................................................................................................................................................. 11
Bluefish444 Symmetry....................................................................................................................... 11
Bluefish444 Feature Application......................................................................................................... 12
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1.................................................................................................................... 12
Adobe After Effects............................................................................................................................. 13
Photoshop CS....................................................................................................................................... 13
Apple Mac OS ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Supported Retail Applications................................................................................................................. 14
What’s in the Box........................................................................................................................................ 16
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 17
Software Applications ............................................................................................................................. 17
Symmetry................................................................................................................................................. 17
Premiere Pro 1.5.1 ................................................................................................................................... 18
Final Cut Pro HD..................................................................................................................................... 18
Adobe After Effects 6.5........................................................................................................................... 19
Adobe Photoshop CS............................................................................................................................... 19
Storage Requirements.................................................................................................................................. 20
Real Time Playback in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1.................................................................................. 21
Certified Storage for Real Time Solutions .............................................................................................. 21
Storage Capacity Guide........................................................................................................................... 22
Cable Connection......................................................................................................................................... 23

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Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 23
External Connections........................................................................................................................... 23
Internal Connections............................................................................................................................ 24
SD|Greed Cable Connection Guide............................................................................................................. 25
SD|Greed Cable Connection Guide......................................................................................................... 26
Digital Video I/O & Genlock .................................................................................................................. 27
Analog Video I/O .................................................................................................................................... 28
Digital Audio Option 1 - S/P DIF BNC 8 Channels I/O, Unbalanced .................................................... 29
Digital Audio Option 2 - AES/EBU XLR 6 Channels I/O, Balanced..................................................... 30
Analog Audio Option 1 - RCA Dual channel, Unbalanced..................................................................... 31
Analog Audio Option 2 - XLR Dual channel, Balanced......................................................................... 32
Deck Control............................................................................................................................................ 33
Windows XP Installation............................................................................................................................. 34
Installation Check List............................................................................................................................. 34
Requirements........................................................................................................................................... 34
Installation Steps...................................................................................................................................... 34
Step 1 - Update your system. .............................................................................................................. 34
Step 2 - Install Bluefish444 supported 3rd party applications. Step 3 - Install QuickTime version
6.5.2 or above...................................................................................................................................... 34
Step 4 - Install 3rd party application plug-ins and updates. ............................................................... 34
Step 5 - Installing the Bluefish444 hardware...................................................................................... 34
Step 6 - Install the Bluefish444 Installer............................................................................................. 34
Step 7 - Connecting to the outside world............................................................................................ 34
Step 8 - Driver Installation.................................................................................................................. 34
Step 1 - Update your system.................................................................................................................... 35
Step 2 - Install 3rd party applications...................................................................................................... 35
Step 3 - Install QuickTime version 6.5.2 or above.................................................................................. 36
Step 4 - Install 3rd party application plug-ins and updates ..................................................................... 36
Step 5 - Installing the Bluefish444 hardware. ......................................................................................... 36
Installing your SD|Greed Card ................................................................................................................ 38
Step 7 - Connecting to the outside world................................................................................................. 39
Typical Connection Workflow 1............................................................................................................. 40
Typical Connection Workflow 2............................................................................................................. 41
Step 8 Driver Installation........................................................................................................................ 42
APPLE Mac OS Installation................................................................................................................ 42
SDK Installation .................................................................................................................................. 42
Windows Installation............................................................................................................................... 42
New Installations..................................................................................................................................... 43
Installing From Previous Installations..................................................................................................... 44
Uninstall Installed Bluefish444 Installers........................................................................................... 44
Install the Buefish444 Installer. .......................................................................................................... 45
Controlling the SD|Greed ............................................................................................................................ 46
About the Bluefish444 Feature Application............................................................................................ 46
Feature App Main Control Interface........................................................................................................ 46
Card Type ............................................................................................................................................ 47

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Pixel Format......................................................................................................................................... 47
Input Signal Type. ............................................................................................................................... 47
Output Video Mode............................................................................................................................. 47
Key Channel. ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Video + Video, Video + Key;.............................................................................................................. 48
Video, Key;.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Genlock/Timing Adjust........................................................................................................................... 48
Reference Video Mode;....................................................................................................................... 48
Reference Video Source;..................................................................................................................... 48
Horizontal;........................................................................................................................................... 48
Vertical; ............................................................................................................................................... 48
Set;....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Miscellaneous Functions. ........................................................................................................................ 49
Signal format converter; (HD product range only); ............................................................................ 49
Safe Picture;......................................................................................................................................... 49
Safe Title;............................................................................................................................................. 49
Enable Onboard Keyer; ....................................................................................................................... 49
Time Code (currently not supported) ...................................................................................................... 50
Letter Box................................................................................................................................................ 50
Letter box lines.................................................................................................................................... 50
Set........................................................................................................................................................ 50
Cropping presets.................................................................................................................................. 50
Video............................................................................................................................................................ 51
Analog Output Signal Type..................................................................................................................... 52
Video Input Signal Type.......................................................................................................................... 53
Analog Configuration Guide ................................................................................................................... 54
Analog Video Output Signal Properties.................................................................................................. 55
Unity.................................................................................................................................................... 55
Enable PED.......................................................................................................................................... 55
Analog Video Input Signal Properties..................................................................................................... 56
Analog input only................................................................................................................................ 56
Unity.................................................................................................................................................... 56
Enable PED.......................................................................................................................................... 56
Load Default values............................................................................................................................. 56
Save as Default.................................................................................................................................... 57
Refresh................................................................................................................................................. 57
Close.................................................................................................................................................... 57
Audio I/O Settings................................................................................................................................... 58
Digital Audio to Analog Audio Monitor Routing ............................................................................... 59
Appendices .................................................................................................................................................. 60
Appendix A – Manual Bluefish Driver and DLL Removal ................................................................ 60
1. New Installations......................................................................................................................... 60
2. Installing From Previous Installations......................................................................................... 60
3. Manual Removal of Bluefish444 files and Drivers..................................................................... 60
Appendix B – The Onboard Keyer...................................................................................................... 60

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Appendix A - Bluefish444 Driver Installation ........................................................................................ 61
1) New Installations......................................................................................................................... 61
2) Installing From Previous Installations......................................................................................... 61
3) Manual Removal of Bluefish444 files and Drivers....................................................................... 61
1) New Installations............................................................................................................................. 61
2) Installing From Previous Installations............................................................................................. 62
3) Manual Removal of Bluefish444 files and Drivers......................................................................... 63
Step 1 - Uninstall Bluefish4444 Installers........................................................................................... 63
Step 2 - Remove Bluefish444 Drivers and System files...................................................................... 63
Step 3 - Delete Plug-in’s...................................................................................................................... 64
Step 4 - Uninstall Drivers via Device Manager................................................................................... 64
Step 5 - Installing version 5.X installer............................................................................................... 64
Appendix B – The Onboard Keyer.......................................................................................................... 66
How to use the onboard keyer............................................................................................................. 66
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Overview
SD|Greed is the latest, dedicated SD digital and analog video and audio card from
Bluefish444. SD|Greed brings the highest quality SD video and audio to Windows,
Apple and Linux platforms. SD|Greed is a combination of all our SD products and
the needs of the professional studios all rolled in to one PCI card.
SD|Greed supports 12 bit digital SDI I/O, capable of supporting the complete range
of SDI connection standards up to 12 bit Dual link (4:4:4) I/O including Dual link
Video + Key (4:2:2:4). SD|Greed also supports selectable Single link SDI I/O (4:2:2)
connections and simultaneous independent SDI I/O, allowing a range of operating
modes such as simultaneous capture and playback, multiple independent captures
and playback via the 3 customizable SDI outputs and two SDI input BNC cables.
SD|Greed analog video interfaces use 12 bit and A/D and D/A converters which
provide accurate conversion with extremely low noise. Analog sources acquired
from Betacam|SP are preserved at the highest quality.
SD|Greed supports a range of memory formats such as 10 and 8 bit RGB/YUV
uncompressed video and Apple QuickTime v210. Support for DV25 and DV50
codecs is also supported all within your Apple power Mac or windows systems.
SD|Greed provides the most comprehensive audio I/O support than any other card
currently available today. SD|Greed supports balanced digital AES/ EBU, embedded
I/O, unbalance S/P DIF, balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog audio I/O.
SD|Greed supports 24 bit processing at 48Hz and includes hardware sample rate
converters removing synchronization issues.

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The sample rate converters are genuine, high order poly-phase interpolation filters
rather than the minimalist algorithms found in some competing systems
SD|Greed also includes RS 422 deck control and Bi level sync genlock input
SD|Greed is a single 32 bit PCI card supporting 32 bit/64 bit PCI /PCI-X slots at
66/33 MHz bus speeds. SD|Greed comes with 5 connection ports for the 7 cables,
providing flexible and customizable options that can be tailored to your specific
requirements and cater to what ever source and monitoring equipment you have.

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Features
SD|Greed provides a professional set of hardware and software features that
compliments a large range of off the shelf retail and OEM solutions
Hardware
Video Modes
•PAL 720 x 576 (4:3) & PAL 720 x 576 (Widescreen 16:9)
•NTSC 720 x 486 (4:3) & NTSC 720 x 486 (Widescreen 16:9)
Digital Signal Format
•12/10 bit SD SDI I/O
•Dual link 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4 (RGB/YUV) I/O
•4:2:2:4 Video and Key (YUV) I/O
•Single link 4:2:2 (YUV) I/O
•2 x Independent/Simultaneous SDI I/O
Analog Signal Format
•12 bit Component RGB output,
•12 bit Component YUV, Composite, S-Video I/O
Digital Audio
•6 channels of balanced AES/EBU XLR I/O
•8 Channels of unbalanced S/P DIF BNC I/O
•16 Channels of embedded audio per SDI
Analog Audio
•2 channels balanced (XLR) I/O & unbalanced (RCA) I/O
Pixel Formats.
•10 bit YUV/RGB, 8 bit YUV/RGB
File Formats
•QuickTime, TGA, AVI, Cineon and DPX support
Hardware Features
•Real time hardware overlay for internal keying
•Real Time hardware color space conversion
•2 X General purpose I/O interface
•LTC I/O

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•4 X RS 422 Serial Ports, 1 external
•Built-in safe area, safe title and letterbox generator
•Audio sample rate converters
•Genlock.
•128MB. Onboard RAM
•PCI 32 bit 66 MHz or PCI 32 bit 33 MHz
•PCI X 133 slot
Software
Windows
Bluefish444 supports a range of software solutions and applications supported with
the Bluefish444 retail installer that is shipped with your product box or
downloadable on the Bluefish444 web site in the downloads section.
The Bluefish444 retail installer ships with the following software features and
application support;
Bluefish444 Symmetry
Symmetry, Bluefish444’s capture and playback software utility for Windows is
integrated and included with all Bluefish444 video cards that support I/O and 10 bit
RGB modes.
Symmetry can be used as a digital intermediary or as a capture and playback solution
for digital content creators, compositors and editors that work in either 10 bit RGB, 8
bit RGB, 10 bit YUV and 8 bit YUV color space.
Bluefish444 continually updates Symmetry’s feature set, allowing customers to
constantly upgrade to new features - at no charge. Symmetry is a FREE integrated
software solution for the Bluefish444 I/O video card product range.
•Deck control capture and playback software via a unique and simple user
interface.
•10 bit RGB DPX and Cineon sequential capture and playback.
•QuickTime V210 10 bit YUV Capture and playback.
•TGA 8 bit RGBA Capture and playback.
•CGR and SMPTE scaling.
•Play list feature.
•Batch Capture.

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•Shuttle & Jog.
•Drop frame error reporting on playback and capture.
•Log mode for system/Storage performance benchmarking
•Import batch and capture list from supported 3rd party applications such as
AVID’s DS Nitris and Assimilates’s Scratch
For further information on Symmetry, refer to the Symmetry user manual included
in the installation CDROM and on the Bluefish444 web site.
Bluefish444 Feature Application
•Control interface to access the lower level functions of the hardware that are not
directly controlled by 3rd party applications
•Controls signal format mode switching, analog or digital I/O, letter box, sync
input etc.
•Monitors current input and output mode.
•Monitors current pixel or memory format the Bluefish444 card is in.
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1
(Application Software not included)
SD and HD real time effects
•Full support for the native Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 effects & transitions
Software engine.
•Effects such as titling, color correction, dissolves are simultaneously broadcast
monitored and previewed in real time.
Multiple file format real time playback
•Uncompressed and compressed clip and sequential file formats that are
imported into the Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 timeline are previewed and
broadcast monitored in real time.
•Supports playback Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 supported file formats such as
AVI, DV/HDV, TGA, JPEG, TIFF, MPEG etc.
•Choose to conform to Bluefish444’s uncompressed 10 bit YUV QuickTime file
format during export to tape, or, encode to HDV, DVD or any other Adobe
Premiere Pro 1.5.1 supported file format.
SD DV offline
•Capture to SD DV AVI file format via SDI

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•SD DV AVI file format is 1/10th the size of SD 10 bit YUV uncompressed
files, reducing storage capacity and can be used for SD and HD uncompressed
offline editing
•SD DV offline AVI is an industry standard file format, providing DV editors
with a migration option to uncompressed SDI I/O.
Adobe After Effects
(Application Software not included)
•HD and SD Broadcast monitoring
•Real-time playback via RAM player
•8 and 10 bit RGB frame buffer support
•8 and 10 bit project mode support
•Dedicated QuickTime v210 exporter
Photoshop CS
(Application Software not included)
•HD and SD broadcast monitoring
•Action driven output, fully customizable via actions interface
Apple Mac OS
Bluefish444 provides MAC OS drivers that are available on the Bluefish444
CDROM or downloadable via the Bluefish444 website in the downloads section.
Bluefish444 hardware is a multiplatform solution supporting more platforms and
application than any other Video I/O solution available.
The SD|Greed is a QuickTime compatible card and supports a QuickTime based
applications on the Mac OS platform such as; Final Cut Pro HD, After Effects,
Combustion and Shake. (Application software is not included)
Mac OS driver for the SD|Greed card will be available 1st Quarter of 2006

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Supported Retail Applications
SD|Greed supports a range of retail and OEM solutions that are readily available
from various resellers or directly from the manufacture. SD|Greed provides
professional editors, compositors and artists with a choice of solutions on various
platforms. The support is continually growing, they include;
Digital Intermediate & I/O.
Multi file format capture and playback solutions that can digitize to a range of file
formats, import edls, encode etc.
•Bluefish444 Symmetry
•Drastic Technologies Quick Clip Pro
•Microsoft™ Windows Media Encoder
•Root 6 Technology Content manager
•D.A.V.I.D
Compositing & Digital Content Creation, Color Correction.
The SD|Greed also allows compositing and effects artists and graders to monitor on
broadcast or projected devices either via anlog or SDI.
•Nucoda Film Master
•Eyeon Digital Fusion
•D2 Software NUKE™
•Bauhaus Software Mirage
•Adobe After Effects 6.5
•Adobe Photoshop CS
•Discreet Combustion
•Chrome Imaging Matrix
•Apple Motion
•Apple Shake

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NLE, Conform
Digitizing, monitoring, editing and conforming digital content for export to decks or
other distributed mediums.
•Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1
•Apple Final Cut Pro
•Nucoda Data Conform
Video Servers, Clip Servers, Encoders, Ingest.
•Pixel Post Studios Oxygen
•Microsoft™ Windows Media Encoder
•Telestream MAP
Paint & Character Generators
•Adobe Photoshop CS
•Cue Graphics Pyro
•VDS Twister
•FAB
Video +

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What’s in the Box
When you open the Bluefish444 SD|Greed Box you will find the following items;
•Bluefish444 SD|Greed 32 bit PCI Card.
•CDROM Software and documentation
including Symmetry application,
Feature Application control panel,
Adobe Premiere Pro plug ins, After
Effects plug ins, Adobe Photoshop plug
ins, QuickTime Codec.
•Reference card cable connection guide.
•7 cables consisting of the following;
Digital Video I/O
1 x Mini Din 9 pin cable with 6 BNC Labeled
‘DVID SDI’, ‘A/B/X’, ‘IN/OUT’, ‘Genlock’
Analog Video I/O
1 x Mini Din 9 pin cable with 6 BNC consisting of 2 sets of 3
Labeled; AVID ‘Y/G/CVBS’, ‘U/B/Y’, ‘V/R/C’
Digital Audio S/P DIF I/O
1 x HD Sub 15 pin with 8 BNC consisting of 4 pairs
Labeled ‘DIG AUDIO IN’, DIG AUDIO OUT’, ‘1/2’, ‘3/4’,
‘5/6’, ‘7/8’
Digital Audio AES/EBU I/O
1 x HD Sub 15 pin with 3 male & 3 female paired XLR
Labeled ‘DIG AUDIO IN’, ‘DIG AUDIO OUT’, ‘1/2’, ‘3/4’,
‘5/6’
Analog Audio XLR I/O
1 x Mini Din 9 pin cable with 2 channels XLR Labeled ‘AN
AUDIO IN’, AN AUDIO OUT’, ‘Left’, ‘Right’
Analog Audio RCA I/O
1 x Mini Din 9 pin cable with 2 channels RCA Labeled ‘AN
AUDIO IN, AN AUDIO OUT’, ‘Left’, ‘Right’
Deck Control
Mini Din 8 pin RS 422 to 232 deck control cable for SD|Greed
RS 422 ports.

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System Requirements
SD|Greed supports a range of software solutions that requires different system
configurations and requirements. It is recommended that you contact the software
manufacture for the correct system configuration.
For further information on supported software please refer to
http://www.bluefish444.com/support/compatibility/hardware/.
For detailed information on hardware configurations for Symmetry and Adobe
Premiere Pro, refer to the Bluefish444 manuals for each application.
Bluefish444 provides direct support for the following solutions;
Software Applications
Symmetry Symmetry is a single stream capture and playback solution that
is designed to capture to a range of storage solutions.
Depending on the file format you selected will determine the
storage solution you will require. For more up to date
information please refer to the hard disk arrays section on the
Bluefish444 web site;
http://www.bluefish444.com/support/compatibility/hardware/mediaarray.asp
Minimum SD Recommended
CPU P4 3.4 Ghz or Dual Core Intel Dual Xenon 2.4 Ghz,
AMD Opteron 242+
Operating System Windows XP SP2, QuickTime
6.5.2, Direct X 9.0C Windows XP SP2, QuickTime 6.5.2 Direct X 9.0C
RAM 1GB 2GB
Chipset 925X and above 7505/7525 or AMD
Graphics AGP /PCI express AGP /PCI express
System Drive SATA/PATA SATA/PATA
Controller Device PATA/SATA/SCSI/FC SATA/SCSI/FC
Video Storage SATA/SCSI
SCSI to SCSI/SATA, FC to SATA

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Premiere Pro 1.5.1
Bluefish444 has introduced real-time effects and multi file format
playback with in the Adobe Premiere Pro editing solution. RT
Effects playback are scalable and based on the performance of the
CPU and disk storage ability to access multiple streams of
compressed or uncompressed video and audio clips simultaneously.
Minimum Recommended
CPU P4 3.0 Ghz Intel Dual Xenon 2.4 Ghz,
AMD Opteron 242+
Operating System Windows XP SP2,
QuickTime 6.5.2, Direct X
9.0C
Windows XP SP2, QuickTime 6.5.2
Direct X 9.0C
RAM 1GB 2GB
Chipset 925X, AMD 7505/7525 or AMD
Graphics AGP /PCI express AGP /PCI express
System Drive SATA/PATA SATA/PATA
Controller Device SCSI SCSI/FC
Video Storage External SCSI to SATA External SCSI to SCSI/SATA, FC
to SATA
Final Cut Pro HD Minimum Recommended
CPU/System OSX 10.3.8,
QuickTime 6.5.2 OSX or higher QuickTime 6.5.2
Operating system Power Mac G5 Power Mac G5
RAM 512 MB 1 GB+ ( Application dependant)
4 GB+ for compositing applications
Graphics ATI or NVIDA graphics card with latest firmware and driver
System Drive SATA 2 x SATA in RAID configuration
Controller Device ATTO UL3D SCSI ATTO UL4D SCSI or FC
Video Storage External SCSI to SATA External SCSI to SCSI/SATA, FC to
SATA, Apple XServe RAID.

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Adobe After Effects 6.5
Minimum Recommended
CPU P4 3.0 Ghz Intel Dual Xenon 2.4 Ghz,
AMD Opteron 242+
Operating System Windows XP SP2,
QuickTime 6.5.2, Direct X
9.0C
Windows XP SP2, QuickTime 6.5.2
Direct X 9.0C
RAM 1GB 4GB
Chipset 925X 7505/7525 or AMD
Graphics AGP /PCI express AGP /PCI express
System Drive SATA/PATA SATA/PATA
Controller Device SCSI SCSI/FC
Video Storage Internal/External SCSI to
SATA External SCSI to SCSI/SATA, FC to SATA
Adobe Photoshop CS
Minimum Recommended
CPU P4 3.0 Ghz Intel Dual Xenon 2.4 Ghz,
AMD Opteron 242+
Operating System Windows XP SP2,
QuickTime 6.5.2, Direct X
9.0C
Windows XP SP2, QuickTime
6.5.2
Direct X 9.0C
RAM 1GB 2GB or more
Chipset 925X 7505/7525 or AMD
Graphics AGP /PCI express AGP /PCI express
System Drive SATA/PATA SATA/PATA
Controller Device SCSI SCSI/FC
Video Storage External/ Internal SCSI or
SATA RAID External SCSI to SCSI/SATA, FC to SATA

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Storage Requirements
SD|Greed is primarily an uncompressed capture and playback card providing an
unprecedented level of quality on the Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS systems.
Bluefish444 recommends that your storage system be able to provide and sustain a
data rate up to 45 MB per sec for single stream applications and at least up to 90 MB
for dual stream and above for multiple stream solutions.
Certain applications may require specific storage requirements and can be broken
down into the following category types
Single Stream Applications that capture and play back one video clip or frame
at a time.
Single Stream Sequential Applications that capture and playback sequential file formats
such as DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF
Multiple Stream Applications that playback multiple video clips simultaneously.
For real time effects between two or more clips such as
dissolves, titling, masking etc
Multiple Stream Sequential Applications that playback multiple streams of sequential file
formats simultaneously such as DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF,
MOV
Note, the following examples are based on Standard Definition resolutions and are
provided as a simple guide.
The ability of the storage solution and the RAID type used, will determine how many
streams of uncompressed SD streams your application will be able to playback in
real time.
NOTE “SCSI to SATA” refers to a JBOD SCSI interface with SATA hard drives in
a RAID configuration. SCSI to SCSI is the same but with SCSI hard drives
Controller type Storage Type Application
SATA (onboard) SATA Single stream
SATA (PCI) SATA Single Stream
SCSI (Onboard) single SCSI to SATA Multiple Stream (2)
SCSI (Onboard) Dual SCSI to SATA Multiple Stream (3+)
SCSI (PCI) Dual SCSI to SATA Multiple Stream (4+)
SCSI (PCI) Dual SCSI to SCSI Multiple Stream (5+)
Multiple Stream Sequential
FC FC to SATA Multiple Streams (4+)