Installation guide

CinéWave 4.7 Configuration and Qualification Guide for Mac OS 10.3.6
11/11/2004
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Special Limitations with Power Mac G5 Systems
 When installing the TARGA Ciné Engine into a PCI-X equipped Power Mac G5 (Single and
Dual 1.8 GHz and Dual 2 and 2.5 GHz), any combination of PCI slots can be used. However,
each slot configuration has specific settings requirements and comes with its own unique
performance expectations. When installing a 66 MHz CinéWave card into any of the above
mentioned G5s, we strongly recommend placing the Fibre Channel or SCSI card in Slot 2
and the CinéWave card in Slot 4 to provide the best performance and heat dissipation. If,
however, the storage controller is a 133MHz PCI-X card, it should be installed in slot 4 and
the TARGA Ciné Engine in slot 3. For optimal performance when working with high
definition footage, CinéWave cards still operating at 33 MHz should be placed in slot 3 with
the Fibre Channel or SCSI card in slot 2. Please consult the CinéWave 4.7 Installation
Instructions before configuring your hardware and software.
 For reliable playback of real-time 16 bit and, especially, high definition material on Mac OS
10.3 and above, users must upgrade to the most recent version of the drivers for the ATTO
UL3D (version 3.2). The ATTO ExpressPCIPlus version 2.1 is recommended for use with
Mac OS 10.2.8. Please refer to www.attotech.com for more information on updated drives.
 Rendering to the internal ATA drive on the Power Mac G5 will cause the system to hang up
when using Mac OS 10.2.7. A hard reboot will be necessary. We strongly recommend
rendering only to a supported external Fibre or SCSI arrays or updating to Mac OS 10.2.8 or
10.3.6.
Special Limitations with Power Mac G4 Systems
 The ATTO UL4D PCI card does not perform well when operating at 33 Mhz, therefore
should not be installed with CinéWave in a G4. Having the TARGA Ciné Engine installed
with a UL4D SCSI card in the same bus in a Power Mac G5, will adversely impact Ultra 320
performance unless the TARGA Ciné Engine is upgraded to 66 MHz. The UL4D can be used
in a Power MacG5, even with a 33 MHz card, provided the CinéWave card and UL4D are
installed in separate busses. Please see details on slot configuration on page 4 and on the
process for upgrading your TARGA Ciné Engine to 66 MHz on page 5.
Special Limitations with Power Mac G4 and G5 Systems
 For reliable capture and playback of clips using software compression to non-native formats
(DV25/DV50, Photo-JPEG, RGBA, Animation and 10-bit sources) a Macintosh computer
with dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors is required.
 For reliable performance when working with CinéWave-encoded DVCPRO HD (DV100)
clips, the recommended configuration is a PCI-X-equipped G5, with CinéWave and the
storage HBA in a split bus configuration.
 Real-time effects in high definition require a dual processor Power Mac G5.