Posted by doc on 01/04/06 05:40

that's what we found with both our mac's too and that's why we got rid of
them. :o)

drd

"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> Smarty
>
>
> "William Davis" <davisbill@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:davisbill-EC74A4.13561701012006@news.west.cox.net...
>> In article <bJOdnbo5jYasLCveRVn-hQ@adelphia.com>,
>> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ulead's Video Studio 9 does HDV editing and is the lowest cost option I
>>> am
>>> aware of. It works extremely well.
>>>
>>> Smarty
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, it might be the cheapest PC solution.
>>
>> On the Mac side, iMovie HD does HDV with aplomb and it comes FREE with
>> every Mac.
>
>

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