Posted by Spex on 10/04/06 19:06

mv@movingvision.co.uk wrote:
> In message <1159941845.460290.250090@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> leekazimir@gmail.com writes
>> Folks,
>>
>> I've just shot 100 hours of HDV tape for a documentary I'm making. I'm
>> now facing the question of how to edit it all.
>>
>> Back when I bought into the format last January, there was no clear
>> editing solution for HDV. Edius Canopus, Final Cut HDV, Vegas, and
>> several others were all being talked about. I've been totally out of
>> the loop for 9 months now and I'm wondering if there is a clear
>> favorite yet.
>>
>> I want to spend a maximum of 5,000 USD on a setup. I'm willing to go
>> either PC or Mac, depending on which works better for me. (I've never
>> owned a Mac, having done all my previous editing in Adobe Premiere.)
>>
>> So the first question is: what platform and what software do you
>> recommend?
>>
>> Also, what are my main concerns with hardware? Maximum storage space?
>> Fast disks? I know HDV is supposed to take up 40 gigs per hour, but
>> isn't that ONLY while it's uncompressed?
>>
>> Frankly, I'm a total newbie when it comes to editing HDV, so any
>> recommendations you could give (or links to websites with descriptions
>> of the hardware and software concerns of HDV) would be a major help.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Lee
>>
>
>
> Lee
>
> Oh dearie me. You are about to get a dozen conflicting answers to this
> one, maybe half will be backed by misdirection of the inept taking their
> own sorry cases for a generality.
>
LOL!

Bloody 'ell John. Did you get out of the wrong side of the bed this
morning?

:)

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