Posted by Bill Fright on 09/03/05 02:16

firenze_italia@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hello all
>
> I am thinking of purchasing a portable FCP editing setup for standard
> def, hopefully with the ability to expand to HD when needed. I want to
> be able to edit footage from Beta, miniDV and DVCAM. These are the most
> common SD formats; any others like DVCPro or DigiBeta, I could rent a
> deck as needed.
>
> Here is how I have it configured currently:
>
> Powerbook 17", 1GB SDRAM, 100GB HD w/ Superdrive
> AJA Io LA to convert analog footage to uncompressed digital
> Sony PVM14L1 14" NTSC studio monitor
> ProMax dvBox Pro 500GB Firewire 800 RAID drive
> Harman/Kardon Sound Sticks II
> Sony UVW-1800 Beta SP deck (already own this)
> my Sony TRV-900 camcorder to use (temporarily) for miniDV footage;
> eventually I would acquire a Sony DVCAM/miniDV deck since it's not wise
> to put too much wear and tear on a camcorder deck
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Anyone want to recommend any substitutions here? For instance,
> could I get by with an iBook G4 14" instead of the Powerbook?
>
> 2) It appears the ProMax storage is sealed; I would rather have a
> 500GB unit where I could swap out drives. Any recommendations?
>
> The idea here is to be able to offer mobile video editing. Of course I
> would also need cables, a hard case for transport, and maybe rack
> mounting for the Aja/monitor/VTR decks for use with medium to long term
> projects.
>
> Thanks in advance for advice before I make the purchase.
>


I don't know if you can get away with using a ibook but I can tell you I
am using a similar system to what you're thinking of buying.

I'm using a 17" with 1gb ram and a superdrive. The thing that seperates
me from you is I do Analog digitizing on the office mac.

I am using firewire 7200 external hds and they work fine. I've not had a
project that has need more than 250g to date.

I really liked the plug and play machine control with the DVcam deck.

hope that helps
bill

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