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Posted by Nappy on 01/02/06 16:03
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Ebbuf.65989$8d.16952@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
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> Smarty wrote:
> > Bill,
> >
> > You are correct. I use both. And iMovie is not only free, but is a
> > remarkably competent program, both on my dual G5 as well as on my wife's
> > MacMini. The fact that I can do HDV editing with free software on a
MacMini
> > is still astonishing to me, given it's tiny price and size. For those
who
> > own Macs, it is indeed the lowest cost option available for HDV editing.
> >
> > On the other hand.........the HDV rendering on the Mac (regardless of
> > hardware and software) is horrendously slow. In particular, rendering on
the
> > top of the line Final Cut Studio Pro HD on a dual 2.5 GHz G5 is pitiful.
> > iMovie is also slow beyond belief when it comes to rendering.
> >
> > Ulead Video Studio 9 on a cheap single 3.2 GHz Dell (a $400 computer)
> > renders HDV at (at least) 10 times the speed of the dual processor G5
Mac.
> > It also (remarkably) renders HDV much faster than Sony Vegas 6.0, Power
> > Director 5, or any other PC-based HDV solution I am aware of.
> >
> > Thus.....the bottom line in my view in price and performance in Ulead
Video
> > Studio 9 on a PC. I love the Mac to pieces, but it just doesn't cut it
in
> > getting the rendered results done. I still routinely use the dual G5
with
> > FCP Studio, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, etc. for some jobs since the quality
is
> > truly outstanding. I just walk away from the Mac and come back 16-20
hours
> > later (literally) when the rendering is done.
Premiere Pro dos not need an additional plugin to do HDV. YOu can add the
Cineform plugin.. it is supposed to speed things up but I found it useless.
> >
> > Smarty
>
> Smarty -
>
> I see you are still raving about the Ulead VS9. Does it do regular SD
> editing as well? Real time preview? Do you need any additional plug-ins
> to do HDV, like the Premiere does? Is there a DVD authoring program with
> it, or do you use a stand-alone? I imagine the Blu Ray DVD authoring
> will be a future product.
>
> GAry Eickmeier
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