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best timlne and rendr setings for fcp 5.1 on macbook ? (dont laugh)
Trying to get FCP optimized on a standard macbook (not macbook pro).
I have 2.2 Ghz c2d proc, 2 gb 667 DDR2 SDRAM.
Media & Render on external USB2 drive.I know it’s not practical, I just want to make sure I have it set up as properly as I can. Doing alot of HDV work with AIPTEK HD camera, which spits out MOV files.
Should I be converting files to Apple Intermediate Codec, Cineform, Sorenson V3, H.264….?
And what should I be rendering them in ?
I’m presently not able to do much without rendering, not even realtime preview of applying filter adjustments.
Peter Jeno | Edit-Authoring-beginner Compositor
DVDit Pro HD, FCP, Ti 99/4a+Realistic Cassette storage drive
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HDV to ProRes. Least overhead on your processor. You will need better than USB drives however. FW 800 minimum
AIC is old and tired compared to ProRes. Everything else you mention are not edit codecs so HDV is second best after ProRes.
That said, you really need FCP6. Vers 5.1 is just there for HDV and doesn’t yet know about ProRes.
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Macbooks don’t have FW800 on them, and the newest ones don’t even have FW400. FW400 and USB2 are close to the same spec speed but FCP and video likes FW400 better somewhat better.
Cineform, Sorenson V3, H.264…. these are not editing codecs so you don’t want transcode the video to any of these.
If you need to transcode footage another option is DVCProHD, it will playback better from your drive over ProRes and takes less processing power than HDV. And is available in FCP 5.
my 2 cents.
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