Re: Need to build HDV video editor - PC or MAC ???
- From: "Smarty" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:46:58 -0500
I've been extolling the virtues of Ulead's HDV editing on this and other
newsgroups since the HDV software was released, and personally prefer it to
everything else on the market when it comes to simplicity and speed.. It has
provoked a lot a replies and controversy, mostly accusing me of "gushing"
with hyperbole and over-hype about how good it is. I want to repeat one more
time that anybody who wants to do HDV editing on a single processor PC
including cheap 300 or 400 buck P4 and AMD systems should definitely check
out the trial versions of either Video Studio 9 or Media Studio Pro before
committing to a more expensive (and generally slower) solution. Alternately,
if you are looking for a "cuts only" editor, then VideoReDoPlus is the
fastest solution in existence for a mere $49 or so.
To my knowledge, these products should also run absolutely fine under
Windows 2000, and do not demand XP. I may be wrong.
And as far as Final Cut Pro Studio HD, Tiger, and Mac
stability..................I would personally call it no better than XP with
other video editing software, and generally slower in most areas. My Dual G5
with all of its fans (and noise) and huge cabinet and very expensive
hardware ($nearly $3000 versus about $700 for my Dell) just can't seem to
get out of first gear. And Compressor, the heart of the rendering engine for
FCP Studio HD, really needs bypass surgery, a defibrillator, or some other
major repair.
I anxiously await the port of Final Cut Pro Studio HD to Intel native code.
In the meantime, the Powermac and FCP HD collect dust. I use it to video
chat with my kids, and it makes a superb video phone with iChat............
Smarty
"Scubajam" <jmcgauhey@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Seeing the credentials and the fact that many on this forum are editing
full time, as a hobbyist I'm a bit intimidated, but will jump in
anyway. I have very limted experience with NLE, but have 5 years with
Media Studio Pro, from 5 to now version 8. I do HD with a Sony HVR
A1U. My system details are at the end.
1) I have had no problems with crashes with Ulead's Media Studio Pro 8
in HD, and that was even before I went to a X2 processor. Before the
X2 I would Run msconfig/setup and Disable all TSR's, reboot, and edit.
2) MSP8 uses a proxy system for real time HD. It works great. There
is a slight delay the first time you put a HD clip on the timeline as
it creates a smaller res proxy file. You can set the parameters for
the proxy. I just learned that going to mpg instead of avi saves a lot
of disk space for the proxy, but that's not an issue for me with more
than a Tbyte of disk space. The real time factor works very well in
HD. Now I leave all TSR's running and once in a while have to wait 15
seconds for it to catch up if I scrub the timeline at 4X or 8X, but
it's not often. Rendering is very fast if minimal filters and just
cuts/crossfades are used. I'm saying faster than real time. On the
other hand, changing format, like going to render for a DVD file from
HD input, took 5 hours for a 30 minute program. I just let it render
overnight, and only do it once at the end of the entire process.
3) For one post about MSP8 not seeing the camera. A) Make sure the
camera isn't outputting DV on the Firewire, common error. B) Shut
everything down, including camera, then turn it on with HD output, then
MSP8 and it'll find and automatically set HD capture. Not shutting
down, including the camera and editor, will not reset the capture.
4) For the one looking for XP OS. Go to www.infotechnow.com They're
a small but large volume importer selling OEM parts to small computer
stores, but they sell to anyone. XP Home is under $100 and Pro about
$30 more. Since they sell OEM only, including the OS, they must sell
at least one internal part so they don't get in trouble with Microsoft
for selling OEM versions. Buy a memory stick, HD, cpu, etc. Call them
and they'll help. These are Full Version operating systems at less than
half retail prices!
Again, I've had good luck with MSP8 for HD. It's intuitive and has few
crashes. There's still bugs, like their Smart Compositor is a great
feature, but seems to be only in 4:3, which is terrible for those of us
doing 16:9 HD. Download the trial version and try it for 30 days. My
system isn't state of the art as you can see below, but it now edits HD
with all TSR's and email client running with no hiccups.
Jim McGauhey
Washington State
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+
Gigabyte K8 Triton nForce 3 motherboard
GeForce FX 5700 VE 256 MB video
2 Gig RAM DDR400
Windows XP Pro SP2
120 Gig IDE HD C
160 Gig IDE HD for video
300 Gig ATA HD for video
300 Gig ATA HD for video, swap, & backup
Ulead Media Studio Pro 8 (HD)
VideoStudio 8.0
Toshiba 16X Dbl Layer
Hammer 16X Dbl Layer
Cameras
Sony HVR A1U Hi Def
Sony DVR TRV740 Digital8
See sample clips at
Yahoo Group "uwvideoclips"
Specialize in underwater video
.
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