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What is the largest file transfer you have ever done?
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I work in cinema content so hysterical laughter
Interesting! Could you give some numbers? And what do you use to move the files? If you can disclose obvs
A small dcp is around 500gb. But that's like basic film shizz, 2d, 5.1 audio. For comparison, the 3D deadpool 2 teaser was 10gb.
Aspera's commonly used for transmission due to the way it multiplexes. It's the same protocolling behind Netflix and other streamers, although we don't have to worry about preloading chunks.
My laughter is mostly because we're transmitting to a couple thousand clients at once, so even with a small dcp thats around a PB dropped without blinking
Eh, what's a dcp?
Digital Cinema Package; basically the movie file you're watching when you're in a movie theater.
Digital Cinema Package. Films come out in a buncha files that rather resemble a dvd rip. You got your video files (still called reels!) and your audio files, maybe some subtitle files and other bits and pieces and your assetmap (list of files) all in a big fat folder collectively called a DCP
Here ya go!
That article was a weird mix of insider info and wild inaccuracies
In the early 2000s I worked on an animated film. The studio was in the southern part of Orange County CA, and the final color grading / print (still not totally digital then) was done in LA. It was faster to courier a box of hard drives than to transfer electronically. We had to do it a bunch of times because of various notes/changes/fuck ups. Then the results got courier'd back because the director couldn't be bothered to travel for the fucking million dollars he was making.
You legally have to tell us if that movie was Shrek.
Hah, nope. Shrek was made in Glendale, so they probably had everything on site or right next door.
Oh yeah I worked in animation for a bit too. Those 4K master files are no joke lol
Fucking hell the raws woulda been gigantic
I used to work in the same industry. We transferred several PBs from West US to Australia using Aspera via thick AWS pipes. Awesome software.
Hahahah did you enjoy Australian Internet? It's wonderfully archaic
(MPS, Delux, Gofilex or Qubewire?)
Ahhh thanks for the reply! Makes sense! We also use Aspera here at work (videogames) but dont move that ammount, not even close.