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Posted by Smarty on 03/06/07 15:39
Thanks Hector for the suggestion and link. I have read the 8 page review and
the program looks very impressive. I especially like the ability to mix
formats from Quicktime, avi, mpeg, etc.
I was disappointed to see that no trial or demo version is being offered,
and also that the $495 MSRP seems to be the only price on the web presently
that I was able to find. The product is very new, and perhaps there will be
discounts and a trial version eventually.
Thanks again for this informative post.
Smarty
"Hector" <hector@aol.comr> wrote in message
news:MPG.2056dd9d7fa70aab989681@news.orange.fr...
> In article <qJmdnUBfGLdR7VXYnZ2dnUVZ_segnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
> nobody@nobody.com says...
>> Bruce,
>> I've stopped building systems from components quite a few years ago, and
>> don't like dealing with the issues that often arise when motherboards,
>> CPUs,
>> memory, etc. have incompatibilities. This is even more true for video
>> editing platforms.. I am thus not really qualified to offer any blessings
>> /
>> opinions, but I personally go for mostly Dell boxes, both servers and
>> desktop workstations. I've got 7 of them in different roles here, mostly
>> video serving and editing, and the cheapest servers to higher end
>> machines
>> run 24/7 for years with no issues. I frankly do not see the economy of
>> do-it-yourself here anymore when it comes to PC boxes, but I always buy
>> and
>> add drives, memory, PCI cards, etc. to Dells with few if any problems.
>>
>> To answer your question a bit generically, I think the class of system
>> you
>> are buying should serve well for video editing, and I personally find
>> SATA
>> non RAID systems the way to go. Don't know much about your video card and
>> how well it is rated, but few editing suites take any advantage of the
>> card
>> itself except in very limited fashion. Plenty of RAM, CPU, disk, and
>> power
>> supply juice seem very appropriate, but I have done HDV editing with a
>> lot
>> less horsepower if I use the software I mentioned previously. (I actually
>> did HDV editing on my wife's Mac Mini until my bigger beast arrived and
>> it
>> was remarkably adequate considering the $599 pricetag for both computer
>> and
>> iMovieHD software !!). I am not a big Mac fan BTW despite owning their
>> very
>> best hardware and HD editing software.
>>
>> A good, large monitor would be my only other strong recommendation,
>> perhaps
>> two in fact. Display real estate is a BIG issue with many of the editing
>> programs. I don't see any mention of your thoughts in this regard.
>>
>> Smarty
>> Try speededit from Newtek
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> A review here :
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> http://www.cgfocus.com/article/story/356
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> I test it on an Intel Quad-core machine (1 processor), 2 Go of RAM, and
> Raid Disk. Really fast ! 4 layers of 1080i HDV native with a mobile
> Title in real-Time. Far away from Edius, Premiere or Vegas for quick
> edit and without special equipment. Just FireWire. DV,
> HDV,MPEG,QUickTime or AVI can be mixed at variable resolutions in a same
> project... Just 500 $ for one licence.
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> Best regards
>
> Hector
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