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It's been a while since I've been here, but seeing this is shocking. I know that RED doesn't tend to tolerate criticism well, but this is a PAYING CUSTOMER who has waited for his order to be...

The plan I sort of formed a page or two back was basically that you'd need a valid 'superuser' card to enable, disable or configure the system. The advantage of making the key generation outside the...

Problem is that "lo-jack" and similar GPS tracking products require a backchannel (usually GSM mobile) which returns to the problem of actually making that work - being able to change SIM card, etc....

Yeah, I don't know that much about the structure of FFMpeg - I was sort of hoping it could use a static module in a similar way to VirtualDub here.

I want R3D integration to FFMpeg :)

Actually the way cell network works is that a phone is disabled by locking out it IMEI (unique serial number basically).

The problem is in using any soft of networked security with something like...

Not a bad idea, but realtime writing to two devices makes things a little more complicated - for example what do you do if you have a write fail on one of the two? Abort both, or ignore knowing that...

On location a single mirrored RAID unit presents the most convenient backup option. A single device, one copy/backup operation.

But it isn't as flexible as having two distinct copies, it also...

I still have to go back to the "there has to be a port-multiplier of some sort in there" argument. Basically in that case support as a SATA device could be dependent on the host computer's SATA...

Well, that pretty much entirely defeats the point. You either ban removable media or you don't - banning connection methods is stupid and pointless. I guess either you'll continue to struggle with...

It just seems from the outside that what's getting to your level of operation is a poorly thought out implementation of the directive. Essentially that the overall directive bans removable storage,...

That's weird... eSATA is no more or less an external hard drive than a USB or Firewire, it poses exactly the same risks as the other methods, in fact may pose a greater risk as it isn't necessarily...

For completely free check out ccMixter - heaps of samples as well as full tracks all under CC licenses (mostly CC-BY-NC, but some CC-BY also)

Purely legalistically I think that's wrong. Any use of a protected work be it private or public, commercial or not, without permission is a breach of copyright. Of course, if no-one else ever sees it...

The implementation would be entire in firmware, they would simply have to add it to a new firmware release (I say 'simply' but obvious the process of actually building this may not be simple).


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I can't explain that, I am not on the inside. I'd guess that content owners provide Youtube with content they want protected, YouTube 'fingerprints' it and looks for that content. When it's found the...

I talked to a guy who works with YouTube on a broadcaster level (ie as a TV Network). YouTube has some insane content recognition systems. They are certainly able to 'fingerprint' music tracks, and...

I think you're over estimating the simplicity with which something like this might be achieved. In a hardware system where the authentication verification is controlled in a 'black box' like the RED,...

Hard to know exactly what would be involved, but it could well include demounting soldered components. Also, they'd need to have a development environment to debug, trace and execute the firmware and...

In general this type of system is implemented something like this:

- Camera firmware has code to generate a hash of some sort from various identifying elements unique to the camera hardware (at...

Nothing is going to stop theft, of course. If you're going to hire out tens of thousands of dollars of gear to people who are essentially strangers, then it's a risk you take. But something like this...

I think essentially you need something as a backup where you can tell someone to do something over the phone and that can get it going. Any requirement for communications beyond a simple phonecall,...

That is certainly possible, and I know a few guys who would be ideal candidates for the job. However as a security measure for day-to-day rentals it probably has benefits.

However, without access...

It seems like a good idea in theory.

However there would need to be some method of re-activating the camera without the 'key' so that when you have a legitimate hire that is phsyically out of...

There was a link to a ProVideoCoalition article a few posts back that seems very helpful. Can't say I've tried what they suggest, but they seem to have tested well.

I've been involved with a...