Panasas and SpectSoft make a Linux splash at SIGGRAPH
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Posted by Kenneth Farmer, Wednesday August 11 2004 @ 06:00PM EDT
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NewsForge: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- SpectSoft, creator of open-source Linux high-end digital disk drive recorder (DDR) software, and Panasas, maker of Linux cluster file servers, joined forces at the 31st annual SIGGRAPH conference this week to demonstrate high-performance Linux systems for the digital video and effects industries. This is Panasas's first demonstration of a system for this application, while SpectSoft, a California-based start-up, announced version 1.2 of their application, RaveHD for Linux, with an enhanced user interface.
According to SpectSoft’s VP of engineering, Jason Howard, RaveHD is ideal for digital dailies. Provided as open source (including all libraries) for licensees only, the system is compatible with Slackware 9.1 and later, Red Hat 6.2 and later, MySQL, Oracle, and is generally highly compatible with most Linux distributions. It supports HD digital recording and playback in 10 and 12 bits per color per pixel at a full 24 frames per second without compression – easily over 70 Mbytes per second throughput to disk on industry standard hardware such as PCI-bus PCs. The product lists for just under $4000 per desktop.
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