FCP 6 video capture using NFS on Linux

Hi,

Currently we are using two Mac Pros, one G5 and one G4.

All are connected using gigabit ethernet. The gigabit switch is Linksys, 24 port
model with web control.

The server is Linux with NFS on.

So far all is working great. We are using NFS version 3 over UDP.

The video files are DVC Pro 50 and normal DV. We did some simple test with DVC
Pro HD and it seems to work but need to do more testing with DVC Pro HD.

We are capturing and editing directly to the linux server using NFS over UDP.

Here comes the question.

We noticed that on OS X 10.4 and FCP 6, the video captured on the server are broken
into 2Gb files. At the FCP preference section, the 2Gb limit is not ticked.

On OS X 10.3 and FCP 4.5, the video captured files are larger than 2Gb. The captured files are not broken into 2gb files. There seems to be no limit.

On both the tests, the server is the same linux server running NFS.

Wanted to know if anyone is encountering the same behaviour?

It seems that FCP 6 is causing this. I do not think the os is the issue.

What do you all think?

P.V.Anthony

[It seems that FCP 6 is causing this. I do not think the os is the issue. ]

I'll take stab at this: I bet the Linux file system is the issue. That I know of, only Mac HFS Extended (or "+" supports higher file sizes, up to 4 TB. Anything encountered in the chain running other than HFS+ may be truncating files to 2 GB. I don't know what else it might be.

All gotta talk the same language for maximum performance.

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