WDM support for MPEG2 capture

I am trying to capture audio/video in MPEG2 off of a hardware encoder card. Unfortunately, this does not work through the VfW WDM wrapper.
Any ideas for how to accomplish this?
When will JMF support WDM (right now it only supports VfW, which includes some WDM-only devices because of the wrapper. That doesn't work with MPEG2 unfortunately, though).

WDM=>VFW success story:
I tried to get my JMF application to see a USB webcam on Windows XP but no luck - even though XP already had the vfwwdm32.dll installed. So I did a little digging. Seems there is a note titled "VirtualDub documentation: How to install the VFWWDM wrapper for Windows 2000" located at http://www.virtualdub.org/docs_vfwwdm. It lists entries in the system registry but mine were slightly different. I added the missing entries from the VirtualDub memo and it worked.

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Lack of support for mpeg2 is moraly wrong !

I feel it is morally wrong for this application to not support the native format of the end product.
Dvd is mpeg2 -- mpeg2 is dvd. How can you possibly sell a product that does not support the native format of the product.
I have seen comment that apple are leaving space for the pro apps. Crap !!!! there is nothing pro about mpeg2. It is a domestic standard.
bluray - dvdhd are new formats does that make them pro. NO.
I do not expect the next 'update' top include suport for mpeg2, perhaps apple cant afford the licencing ??
I am just really aggrivated that I cannot use the mpeg2 video from my camera directly in a DVD application.
Apple should be ashamed to deliver this product with this missing feature.
Cheers,
Gerrit.

"Morally" wrong?
Just because you chose a video camera that saves footage in an inferior format that is really meant to be the final, viewable version and not to be edited or further processed in other application, no need to get all up in a tiff that Apple is somehow to blame for your poor purchasing decision.
Part of the issue with supporting MPEG2 in iDVD is that you are missing one key point. Not all MPEG2 files are created equal. MPEG2 files can be compressed/encoded in a wide range of settings, bit rates, etc. In order to fit all your content you want onto a Video DVD, iDVD has to determine the bit rate and compression settings in order to make it all fit. It is very unlikely that some random MPEG2 file you drop into iDVD is going to have the correct compression method needed for that particular iDVD project and therefore iDVD would first have to expand the MPEG2 file back out to a standard DV video format then re-encode it back into MPEG2 at the correct settings to make it work with the rest of the DVD content. This would make for a very LONG process in an already long process and take up a TON more drive space to work.
Patrick

Qosmio F30: Video IN WDM driver for VfW capture?

Does anyone from Toshiba read these forums?
Is there any hope that Toshiba can rewrite the driver for the composite 'Video IN' hardware so that it works correctly under the Windows Driver Model and Video For Windows so that it can be used with Windows Media Encoder please?
I bought this F30 on the basis it had an inbuilt Video In port but to my horror it wont work with Windows Media Encoder. I also read on these forums other people are having problems getting the 'video in' port to work with with video capture based programmes.
For such machine, surely the 'video in' should work as a proper VfW piece of hardware.
Look forward to hearing the reply.
Tim.

Hi Tim
I dont believe that some Toshiba technicians will read this because this is user to user forum. Anyway I have made some experiments with Qosmio G20 and composite in port. I have tested it with VHS recorder and sat receiver.
I have noticed that on some applications those external devices are not recognized as video source. I have also tested my camcorder with firewire port and it works perfectly with every video editing applications.
Which video source you want to use?

LR3 Tethered Capture Support for Nikon D60 and D80

I was very excited when I heard that LR3 had finally added tethered capture. So I sat down today to cover the LR tutorial at http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom3/. As I watched, I set up my Nikon on my tripod with flash, just beaming with anticipation. I connected to my computer via the USB cable and opened tethered capture in LR3. The 'heads up display' opened as advertised, but it showed 'No Camera Detected'. So, after visiting several forums and Adobe Help, I found that my Nikon D80 was not supported for tethered capture.
Dang!
Does anyone know if Adobe is going to add support for the D80, as well as the D60?
Thanks.

J S Mott wrote:
Does anyone know if this camera is supported in tethered capture
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support-lightroom-4.html
does Adobe plan on adding it as a compatible camera anytime soon?
Doubtless Adobe knows, but this is a user to user forum, so I wouldn't hold your breath for anything formal from Adobe here except "eventually". Maybe.

Nikon d200 support for windows

Does anyone know if the Nikon d200 will be supported in the windows format? And why is it supported in mac but not windows? Very frustrating!

the d200 is not supported for tethered capture in windows, sorry I should have been more specific,my bad.

LR 4 won't connect to Canon 1D x for tethered capture

It looks as though LR4 won't recognize the new Canon 1D x for tethered shooting. does anyone know of a work around for this? does anyone know when this feature will be added to LR4?

You can check here periodically:
<http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support-lightroom-4.html> http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support-lightroom- 4.html
Adobe doesn’t pre-announce support for things, and the standard answer is that they are still waiting for Canon to release their software-development-kit that supports the newer Canon cameras, so Adobe can use it to attach to them. As you can see the 1Dx shows no SDK in the Drivers and Software area:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/digital_slr_camer as/eos_1d_x#DriversAndSoftware
while something like the older 5D Mark II does list an SDK being available:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/digital_slr_camer as/eos_5d_mark_ii#DriversAndSoftware
Canon seems to have last released an SDK in April 2011, so any cameras newer than that aren’t supported for image capture unless they are very similar to ones that are supported and might work. The 1Dx is fairly new so wouldn’t be supported by Canon and therefore no Adobe, either, yet.
Nikon has already released their SDK for the new Nikon D800 and Capture One supports it, already, but Adobe still doesn’t so it won’t necessarily be released immediately even when Canon does release their SDK.

LR5 still uses cable for tethered capture

No Wifi support for tethered capture even though Mac can see the NIKON camera as wireless network and this technology is common with other camera makes and software - Go Pro for example.
No support for Live view with the USB cable in ( sofortbild offers thsi feature)
Can I capture video?

Yes.
The only difference is the installation method and the ownership verification. The program still is installed on and runs from your local machine. You only have to hook up to the internet every 60-90 days to verify ownership.
From the FAQ
Do I need to be online to access my desktop apps?
No, the desktop applications in Creative Cloud, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, are installed directly on your computer, so you don’t need an ongoing Internet connection to use them.
An Internet connection is required the first time you install and license your apps, but you can use the apps in offline mode with a valid software license. The desktop apps will attempt to validate your software licenses every 30 days.
Annual members can use the apps for up to 99 days in offline mode. Month-to-month members can use the software for up to 30 days in offline mode."

OWB Support for Change Data Capture

Hi All,
Has anyone got OWB working with the Change Data Capture feature in the Oracle 9i database? I understand that CDC works by publishing changes through an advanced queue, which in theory OWB 9.0.4 upwards can have as a data source, but there doesn't appear to be any explicit support within the GUI for capturing CDC changes.
I'm also working on the assumption that we're talking about Synchronous CDC as found in 9i. 10g comes with Asynchronous CDC which I guess presents a different interface to the receiving program.
So - is there any support for 9i Change Data Capture in OWB, and has anyone got this to work in practice?
thanks
Mark

Mark,
There is currently no explicit support for the 9i CDC. You can use Advanced Queues to propagate the changes, but you will have to custom-build the capture infrastructure on the source side (set up the CDC, enqueue the changes in the appropriate form into the AQ etc.)
OWB will explicitly support CDC (10g async, which is the least invasinve method) in our next major release currently scheduled to be release in November of this year.
Regards:
Igor

Did Apple remove support for DNG files generated out of Capture One?

I use Capture One to convert my Leica Dlux-4 RAW files into DNG format and then use Aperture2.1.4 as my photo processing tool.
After I ran the latest OS update - Aperture gives a "Unsupported file format" message for all the DNG files.
Is it possible that Apple removes support for photo formats in the OS updates?
Anyone encountered the same issue and found a solution?
Thx

Go in the adjustment tab, and the first thing you'll see under the histogram is "Raw fine tuning". By default, "2.0" is selected. When importing DNG, you can switch it to "2.0 DNG" this is used to read DNGs from cameras Aperture doesn't support.
Maybe the update made it go back to its default "2.0" while before you where on "2.0 DNG". If I'm right, setting it to "2.0 DNG" will fix the problem.
P.S. sorry if I said "raw precision" instead of "Raw fine tuning" in the first place. My Aperture is in French and the name in French is "Réglage de précision raw" and I did a bad translation.
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Premiere Pro Does Not Support Audio-Only Capture For Some Formats, Such As HDV?

In the PPro CS 5.5 Help file under, "Recording audio", it says:
"Note: To capture an audio-only file from a digital video source, choose Audio from the Capture menu in the Logging pane of the Capture panel.
"Premiere Pro does not support audio-only capture for some formats, such as HDV."
I'm shooting in HDV and if I want to capture audio only, would I just need to switch my setting to DV?
The only thing is my Canon HV20's HDV audio is MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2, 16 bit, 48 kHz.
My DV setting is PCM audio, which I think is a better quality format, right?
Would there be any noticeable difference?
Thanks.

Capture your HDV material in the normal way and just drag audio only from the source monitor to the timeline.

Skype Update Broke Support For USB Video Capture D...

We use video to USB adapters to integrate Skype into our classroom set ups and the most recent upgrade seems to have broken support for these types of devices. The only solution we've come up with so far is to downgrade to 6.1.0.129 and turn off auto updates (which is a band-aid at best). Any idea why Skype chose to do this and what might be the best way around the issue? The issue is with everything from cheap StarTech USB dongles all the way up to Black Magic Design's Intensity Shuttle. Our class capture cameras do not support USB unfortunately.

I believe at least starting with 6.2 the video support was being reworked in one way or another, possibly from the ground up. It appears a lot of compatibility especially with virtual video devices/overlays was lost. I don't believe that was intentional. The only thing you can do is continue to use 6.1 until a future release restores compatibility.

Tether Capture support for Nikon D610

When will it be ready?

Yes, you're right but D600 has support for tethering and Nikon released D610 SDK on November-Dicember 2013(https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/),so i expected this would be the right release for that function.
Anyway, No Problem, I'll wait the next one (Lr 6.x?)

Selective XML Index feature is not supported for the current database version , SQL Server Extended Events , Optimizing Reading from XML column datatype

Team , Thanks for looking into this ..
As a last resort on optimizing my stored procedure ( Below ) i wanted to create a Selective XML index ( Normal XML indexes doesn't seem to be improving performance as needed ) but i keep getting this error within my stored proc . Selective XML
Index feature is not supported for the current database version.. How ever
EXECUTE sys.sp_db_selective_xml_index; return 1 , stating Selective XML Indexes are enabled on my current database .
Is there ANY alternative way i can optimize below stored proc ?
Thanks in advance for your response(s) !
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[MN_Process_DDLSchema_Changes] Script Date: 3/11/2015 3:10:42 PM ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
-- EXEC [dbo].[MN_Process_DDLSchema_Changes]
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[MN_Process_DDLSchema_Changes]
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON --Does'nt have impact ( May be this wont on SQL Server Extended events session's being created on Server(s) , DB's )
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED
select getdate() as getdate_0
DECLARE @XML XML , @Prev_Insertion_time DATETIME
-- Staging Previous Load time for filtering purpose ( Performance optimize while on insert )
SET @Prev_Insertion_time = (SELECT MAX(EE_Time_Stamp) FROM dbo.MN_DDLSchema_Changes_log ) -- Perf Optimize
-- PRINT '1'
CREATE TABLE #Temp
EventName VARCHAR(100),
Time_Stamp_EE DATETIME,
ObjectName VARCHAR(100),
ObjectType VARCHAR(100),
DbName VARCHAR(100),
ddl_Phase VARCHAR(50),
ClientAppName VARCHAR(2000),
ClientHostName VARCHAR(100),
server_instance_name VARCHAR(100),
ServerPrincipalName VARCHAR(100),
nt_username varchar(100),
SqlText NVARCHAR(MAX)
CREATE TABLE #XML_Hold
ID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY , -- PK necessity for Indexing on XML Col
BufferXml XML
select getdate() as getdate_01
INSERT INTO #XML_Hold (BufferXml)
SELECT
CAST(target_data AS XML) AS BufferXml -- Buffer Storage from SQL Extended Event(s) , Looks like there is a limitation with xml size ?? Need to re-search .
FROM sys.dm_xe_session_targets xet
INNER JOIN sys.dm_xe_sessions xes
ON xes.address = xet.event_session_address
WHERE xes.name = 'Capture DDL Schema Changes' --Ryelugu : 03/05/2015 Session being created withing SQL Server Extended Events
--RETURN
--SELECT * FROM #XML_Hold
select getdate() as getdate_1
-- 03/10/2015 RYelugu : Error while creating XML Index : Selective XML Index feature is not supported for the current database version
CREATE SELECTIVE XML INDEX SXI_TimeStamp ON #XML_Hold(BufferXml)
FOR
PathTimeStamp ='/RingBufferTarget/event/timestamp' AS XQUERY 'node()'
--RETURN
--CREATE PRIMARY XML INDEX [IX_XML_Hold] ON #XML_Hold(BufferXml) -- Ryelugu 03/09/2015 - Primary Index
--SELECT GETDATE() AS GETDATE_2
-- RYelugu 03/10/2015 -Creating secondary XML index doesnt make significant improvement at Query Optimizer , Instead creation takes more time , Only primary should be good here
--CREATE XML INDEX [IX_XML_Hold_values] ON #XML_Hold(BufferXml) -- Ryelugu 03/09/2015 - Primary Index , --There should exists a Primary for a secondary creation
--USING XML INDEX [IX_XML_Hold]
---- FOR VALUE
-- --FOR PROPERTY
-- FOR PATH
--SELECT GETDATE() AS GETDATE_3
--PRINT '2'
-- RETURN
SELECT GETDATE() GETDATE_3
INSERT INTO #Temp
EventName ,
Time_Stamp_EE ,
ObjectName ,
ObjectType,
DbName ,
ddl_Phase ,
ClientAppName ,
ClientHostName,
server_instance_name,
nt_username,
ServerPrincipalName ,
SqlText
SELECT
p.q.value('@name[1]','varchar(100)') AS eventname,
p.q.value('@timestamp[1]','datetime') AS timestampvalue,
p.q.value('(./data[@name="object_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS objectname,
p.q.value('(./data[@name="object_type"]/text)[1]','varchar(100)') AS ObjectType,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="database_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS databasename,
p.q.value('(./data[@name="ddl_phase"]/text)[1]','varchar(100)') AS ddl_phase,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="client_app_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS clientappname,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="client_hostname"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS clienthostname,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="server_instance_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS server_instance_name,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="nt_username"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS nt_username,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="server_principal_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') AS serverprincipalname,
p.q.value('(./action[@name="sql_text"]/value)[1]','Nvarchar(max)') AS sqltext
FROM #XML_Hold
CROSS APPLY BufferXml.nodes('/RingBufferTarget/event')p(q)
WHERE -- Ryelugu 03/05/2015 - Perf Optimize - Filtering the Buffered XML so as not to lookup at previoulsy loaded records into stage table
p.q.value('@timestamp[1]','datetime') >= ISNULL(@Prev_Insertion_time ,p.q.value('@timestamp[1]','datetime'))
AND p.q.value('(./data[@name="ddl_phase"]/text)[1]','varchar(100)') ='Commit' --Ryelugu 03/06/2015 - Every Event records a begin version and a commit version into Buffer ( XML ) we need the committed version
AND p.q.value('(./data[@name="object_type"]/text)[1]','varchar(100)') <> 'STATISTICS' --Ryelugu 03/06/2015 - May be SQL Server Internally Creates Statistics for #Temp tables , we do not want Creation of STATISTICS Statement to be logged
AND p.q.value('(./data[@name="object_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') NOT LIKE '%#%' -- Any stored proc which creates a temp table within it Extended Event does capture this creation statement SQL as well , we dont need it though
AND p.q.value('(./action[@name="client_app_name"]/value)[1]','varchar(100)') <> 'Replication Monitor' --Ryelugu : 03/09/2015 We do not want any records being caprutred by Replication Monitor ??
SELECT GETDATE() GETDATE_4
-- SELECT * FROM #TEMP
-- SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #TEMP
-- SELECT GETDATE()
-- RETURN
-- PRINT '3'
--RETURN
INSERT INTO [dbo].[MN_DDLSchema_Changes_log]
[UserName]
,[DbName]
,[ObjectName]
,[client_app_name]
,[ClientHostName]
,[ServerName]
,[SQL_TEXT]
,[EE_Time_Stamp]
,[Event_Name]
SELECT
CASE WHEN T.nt_username IS NULL OR LEN(T.nt_username) = 0 THEN t.ServerPrincipalName
ELSE T.nt_username
END
,T.DbName
,T.objectname
,T.clientappname
,t.ClientHostName
,T.server_instance_name
,T.sqltext
,T.Time_Stamp_EE
,T.eventname
FROM
#TEMP T
/** -- RYelugu 03/06/2015 - Filters are now being applied directly while retrieving records from BUFFER or on XML
-- Ryelugu 03/15/2015 - More filters are likely to be added on further testing
WHERE ddl_Phase ='Commit'
AND ObjectType <> 'STATISTICS' --Ryelugu 03/06/2015 - May be SQL Server Internally Creates Statistics for #Temp tables , we do not want Creation of STATISTICS Statement to be logged
AND ObjectName NOT LIKE '%#%' -- Any stored proc which creates a temp table within it Extended Event does capture this creation statement SQL as well , we dont need it though
AND T.Time_Stamp_EE >= @Prev_Insertion_time --Ryelugu 03/05/2015 - Performance Optimize
AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM [dbo].[MN_DDLSchema_Changes_log] MN
WHERE MN.[ServerName] = T.server_instance_name -- Ryelugu Server Name needes to be added on to to xml ( Events in session )
AND MN.[DbName] = T.DbName
AND MN.[Event_Name] = T.EventName
AND MN.[ObjectName]= T.ObjectName
AND MN.[EE_Time_Stamp] = T.Time_Stamp_EE
AND MN.[SQL_TEXT] =T.SqlText -- Ryelugu 03/05/2015 This is a comparision Metric as well , But needs to decide on
-- Peformance Factor here , Will take advise from Lance if comparision on varchar(max) is a vital idea
--SELECT GETDATE()
--PRINT '4'
--RETURN
SELECT
top 100
[EE_Time_Stamp]
,[ServerName]
,[DbName]
,[Event_Name]
,[ObjectName]
,[UserName]
,[SQL_TEXT]
,[client_app_name]
,[Created_Date]
,[ClientHostName]
FROM
[dbo].[MN_DDLSchema_Changes_log]
ORDER BY [EE_Time_Stamp] desc
-- select getdate()
-- ** DELETE EVENTS after logging into Physical table
-- NEED TO Identify if this @XML can be updated into physical system table such that previously loaded events are left untoched
-- SET @XML.modify('delete /event/class/.[@timestamp="2015-03-06T13:01:19.020Z"]')
-- SELECT @XML
SELECT GETDATE() GETDATE_5
END
GO
Rajkumar Yelugu

@@Version : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - 11.0.5058.0 (X64)
   May 14 2014 18:34:29
   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
   Developer Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.2 <X64> (Build 9200: ) (Hypervisor)
(1 row(s) affected)
Compatibility level is set to 110 .
One of the limitation states - XML columns with a depth of more than 128 nested nodes
How do i verify this ? Thanks .
Rajkumar Yelugu

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?
I have a Sony HDR-FX1 that records in HDV 1440 x 1080
I have already captured the footage to miniDV tape.
Can the intensity card get the full 1920 x 1080 video ?
I now use Premiere to capture my video and my HDV is in mpeg2 and my SD is in DV type 2 AVI
What format does the intensity card capture at ?
Are there other ways to capture that would make the footage better.
From what I have read allot of people have had problems with these cards.
Im just looking for the best way to get the footage off my camera with the best resolution.
Thanks: Glenn

Glenn,
I have posted this before in the PC Buying Guide (post #23 and later), but have a look at this diagram:
The problem is that once recorded to tape, the material is compressed to MPEG and there is no way to get the data back, that were lost during compression. The only thing you achieve is that you lose device control, lose all timecode information, lose all metadata like date and timestamp and exposure data and lose the capability of scene detection. There are no gains to compensate the losses.
Compare it to a glass of orange juice, that was made by heavily compressing oranges. How do you think you can reconstruct the original oranges that the juice came from? Were there 4 large oranges or 6 small ones or a mixture? Were they light colored or were they dark or a mixture of light and dark?
BlackMagic in their marketing may lead you to believe otherwise, but the truth is they can only guess at how many oranges were used, their size and color. It is nothing more than a guess.

RAID Stripe size for HD Capture

Hey everyone,
So I just captured a lot of Uncompressed 8 bit 4:2:2 1080i60.
The video alone requires ~ 118 MB/s sustained transfer speed for live capture without dropped frames.
I used our new MacPro. We built an internal RAID with 3 250 GB drives all striped together. I had to decide which stripe size to use. Since we have proportionally less files than the average RAID(200 or so at the most), and because our files are HUGE (2-40 GB), I figured a large stripe size would be apropriate. I set it to the max that Mac OS X software RAID supports, though I must confess I dont remember exactly what that was.
We had little trouble with capture, sustaining over 200 MB/s bandwidth with this setup according to the Blackmagic drive speed test. However, when the drives filled up, they (expectedly) slowed down quite a bit. I frequently did speed tests, and when it got low I had to switch into shooting DVCPRO HD to avoid dropped frames.
We had similar experiences before, when I had this same setup with the default stripe size, though it seemed overall a bit better with larger stripe sizes.
My questions are thus:
1) Is there any way to use a really large stripe (2MB or so) without buying a hardware RAID controller?
2) Is my thinking correct that if I have a small number of gigantic files I should use a large stripe size?
3) If I were to wipe out all my drives (including the 250 gig startup drive), and boot off the CD, could I tie all 4 drives together into RAID-0, and then install Mac OS X to that (and presumably partition it for a data storage volume)?
4) Does anyone know of a good 2-4 port eSata PCI Express card that has drivers for the MacPro? I know sonnet has a 2 port, but its one internal SATA and one eSata. I need at least 2 eSata ports for it to be worth my time, because I have a 4 drive eSata RAID box with 4 320GB drives in it. I can use the motherboard's additional 2 SATA connectors through a backplate SATA -> eSATA converter, and with 2 more eSATA ports through PCIe card, I would be able to use all 4 eSATA drives at once.
4 ports would be even better as I would like to leave internal ports for a BD-R or HD-DVD-R (or whatever they're called) drive later on.
Thanks!
-Derek Prestegard

1) Is there any way to use a really large stripe (2MB
or so) without buying a hardware RAID controller?
256k is the largest block size available with Disk Utility.
2) Is my thinking correct that if I have a small
number of gigantic files I should use a large stripe
size?
128k is the largest size I would ever think about using. I even use 32k in many situations. You can test it and see what works best for you. Large block sizes do not always translate into higher performance. I find more drives in the striped RAID set helps me more than larger block sizes.
3) If I were to wipe out all my drives (including the
250 gig startup drive), and boot off the CD, could I
tie all 4 drives together into RAID-0, and then
install Mac OS X to that (and presumably partition it
for a data storage volume)?
You could boot from a FW800 external and use all 4 internals
for a RAID but I think you will be happier with SATA host adapters.
4) Does anyone know of a good 2-4 port eSata PCI
Express card that has drivers for the MacPro
Here are a few options for SATA host adapters on a Mac Pro that I use. The WiebeTech Tera Card TCES0-2e SATA host adapter provides two SATA ports and works with the Mac Pro using SiI-3132 Mac drivers 1.1.6. You can see a review at amug.org:
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/wiebetech/tces0/
The FirmTek SeriTek/2SE2-E 2-port host adapter can be found here:
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-2se2-e/
It works best on the Quad as it provides boot support and SMART drive support. On the Mac Pro you use the Firmtek cardbus 2SM2-E Mac driver until FirmTek can build new EFI drivers for the Mac Pro. No boot support is provided yet but it does pass SMART data to Mac OS X. Eventually the card will have Mac Pro boot support which will be nice.
Both cards use the SiI-3132 controller. If you mix the WiebeTech and the FirmTek cards the Silicon Image Mac driver version 1.1.6 will take over and block the SMART data info that the FirmTek card supplies. As this is the case, I would go with one brand or the other but not mix them in the same Mac Pro.
I have used three cards to provide six external SATA ports. You could use two cards with your external 4-bay enclosure. I would create a striped RAID with 4 external drives and two internal drives. This should provide you with the performance you need to handle 1080HD. If you want more power you could use 7 hard drives = 3 int. and 4 external.
Have fun!

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