Summary of Contents for Convergent Design Odyssey7Q
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ARRIRAW SETUP GUIDE Odyssey7Q Odyssey7Q+ ARRIRAW (16:9 or 4:3) 23.98/24/25/30/48/59.98/60 Updated December 19, 2014 | Firmware Release v4.10.100...
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ODYSSEY + ALEXA AT A GLANCE SSD Transfer Time Single in Seconds File Record Time SSD Data Frame Rate Data No. of for 60 Seconds Format Frame Size DataRate Format (Minutes) Packed (fps) Sampling Depth Dual Link SSD’s of Recording (MB/Sec) (on SSD) ****...
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ALEXA CAMERA SETUP 1. SET TIME & DATE MENU » System » Set Time + Date Set Time & Date so both the ALEXA and Odyssey match. This is REQUIRED for using internal media as proxy. 2. SET META DATA MENU »...
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ARRIRAW 16:9 ALEXA CONFIGURATION 1. SET SYSTEM SENSOR MENU » System » Sensor » 16:9 2. SET PROJECT FRAME RATE MENU » Project » Project Frame Rate » 23.98 [23.976-30p]* *Note that the Project rate will be the rate at which the NLE will import footage. **Note that when using Variflag, the Project rate plays a large roll into the speed of playback of the footage (Slow/Fast motion) 3.
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ARRIRAW 16:9 4. SET THE SOURCE MENU » Recording » Rec Out » HD-SDI Format » (RAW 3G/RAW1.5G/3G DL) ARRIRAW 3G If recording with a single 3G HD-SDI rated cable connected to the Odyssey (16:9, 23.976 – 30p) ARRIRAW 1.5G If recording with two 1.5G HD-SDI rated cables connected to the Odyssey (16:9, 23.976 –...
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ARRIRAW 16:9 6. SET THE SENSOR FPS HOME » FPS (Button) » Select 23.976 fps 7. VERIFY CAMERA SETTINGS INFO » FPS INFO (Button) » (Confirm your settings) CONTINUED »...
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ARRIRAW 16:9 ODYSSEY CONFIGURATION 1. SET ODYSSEY TO ARRIRAW MODE ☼ » SETUP » CAMERA » ARRI » ALEXA->ARRIRAW(.ARI) Click OK - The unit will restart. 2. SET DATE & TIME TO MATCH ALEXA ☼ » ODYSSEY » SET » TIME ODYSSEY SETUP OUTPUTS...
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ARRIRAW 16:9 6. CONNECT TO CAMERA AND VERIFY STATUS INPUT Connect ALEXA 3G-SDI output to Odyssey SDIA input NOTE Use only 3G-SDI rated cables from ARRI to Odyssey. For ARRIRAW 16:9 48-60 two 3G-SDI cables are required. Example: 2560x2140 ARRI...
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2.5K 48 to 60p rates = RAID (two drives) RAID is set up automatically upon detecting the input signal - no setup is required. NOTE You can use any Convergent Design media; they need not be matching (ie, one 256GB card and one 512GB card). CONTINUED »...
1) Navigate to Applications » Utilities » System Preferences 2) Select Security and privacy 3) Under General » Allow applications downloaded from: Select Anywhere. 4) Now you will be able to run the installer for installing any Convergent Design Applications. CONTINUED »...
POST PRODUCTION WORKING WITH RECORDED FILES There are numerous post systems and NLEs that can read natively the various file formats recorded by the Odyssey. Some NLEs may require plug-ins in order to read certain file formats. Blackmagic Design Resolve software is available for free and can read all formats recorded by the Odyssey.
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