Posted by Smarty on 01/04/06 05:54

Doc,

Perhaps the switch to Intel will get Apple some (badly needed) speed
increase, but for the time being the HDV rendering is just intolerable.
Apple's solution is to install an Xserve rendering farm with multiple
machines to distribute the rendering over 2 or more Macs, with the attendant
expense and complexity. I think your solution makes a lot more sense.

Smarty


"doc" <doc@drdimento.net> wrote in message
news:udJuf.3733$Z74.470@trndny06...
> 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
> news:CuidnWUjrvjx8SXenZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>> 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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