Posted by Jona Vark on 12/23/60 11:26

"Specs" <No.Spam@Thanks.com> wrote in message
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> Nap, what sort of performance are you getting with the setup? What's the
> realtime performance like? I think the Cineform codec is the way to go
and
> I am not entirely convinced by the whole "native" editing thing the like
> Avid is going down. Native seems to put an undue strain on the PC during
> editing an limit the editing experience and requiring the user to invest
in
> a beefy PC to cope.
>
> Any views having edited HDV???
>
>
>

I had full speed playback and no real problems. In fact, after purchasing
the cineform package in preparation for the footage coming back from the
shoot I did have some regrets. Premiere Pro 1.5 latest seemed to do HDV just
fine.

We cut the show and did a lot of effects in Combustion. That all went well.
the only caveat is that the audio was unusable. This project weas a music
vid for an East Coast band. Although I started with a good wave file in my
edit.. the resulting MPEG render's audio totally sucked and was nowhere near
the original. So I cut the original audio back to the Digibeta for release.

I was going to by the Sony cameras at the beginning of this gig but now.. I
am not going to. This HDV thing is transient as far as I am concerned. I
will wait with fingers crossed for the next format ..

best

nap

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