DVCPro HD on old G4

[Nate Stephens]

My Dual 1gig G4 does DVCpro HD,, just expect longgggggggg renders…

My Macbook Pro 2.4 out performs it,, no contest….

[Shane Ross]

I use my Powerbook G4 laptop to edit DVCPRO HD. Works fine. But, as said…LOOOOONG renders.

Shane

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[John Sutherland]

How are you monitoring the HD picture on your G4?

John

John Sutherland
MDD G4 dual 1.25
1.12 gb ram
Atto UL3D
Huge 1.2TB Dual Max
FCP 4.5
CW 4.7
OSX 10.3.6/QT 6.2.5
Radeon 9000 w/2 17″ crt monitors

[Nick Lammers]

Hi. Thanks for the input. I haven’t gotten to the point of thinking about monitoring yet. Since the shoot is just an interview I may trying relying on my Apple 23″ cine.

Glad to hear the G4 should handle it. I also have MacBook Pro (2.3) so that might be the way to go.

Nick Lammers
Media Mill, Inc.
St. Louis, MO

Media 100i XS 8.2.3a on an old G4
Producer 11.5.1 on MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz core 2 Duo

[Shane Ross]

I use the Matrox MXO for my Powerbook.

Shane

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[John Sutherland]

So the Powerbook screen is your FCP screen and the Cinema Display is your “program” monitor? Do you use the ACD as both desktop and “monitor”, looking at a larger full rez picture as needed or is it a dedicated HD monitor? Are you working exclusively in HD, and any work flow issues that you’ve had to deal with using this set-up? The MXO seems like a pretty nifty device, and as I do a fair amount of location editing I’m considering going with a MacBook Pro for my next upgrade, so thanks for your input.

Thanks,

John

John Sutherland
MDD G4 dual 1.25
1.12 gb ram
Atto UL3D
Huge 1.2TB Dual Max
FCP 4.5
CW 4.7
OSX 10.3.6/QT 6.2.5
Radeon 9000 w/2 17″ crt monitors

[Shane Ross]

[John Sutherland] “Do you use the ACD as both desktop and “monitor”, looking at a larger full rez picture as needed or is it a dedicated HD monitor?”

Both. As a second monitor when editing, and then as a reference monitor when showing cuts to producers and color correcting.

[John Sutherland] “Are you working exclusively in HD, and any work flow issues that you’ve had to deal with using this set-up?”

Yes, exclusively HD. NO…no issues.

Shane

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[John Sutherland]

How is the downscaling quality, and what are you using for media drives?

John

[Aynsley Baldwin]

I’m about to start cutting DVCPRO HD 1080p30 footage on my 1.67 GHz G4 Powerbook. We did some tests today and FCP was dropping frames all over the place on playback. I do only have 1.5 GB total RAM… you say that extra 500 MB will really help?

Either way, if I turn off the dropped frames warning, I can’t detect the dropped frames. Or at least I couldn’t today in our somewhat rushed tests…

[Aynsley Baldwin]

Forgive me, why is the MXO needed? Why couldn’t I hardwire an ACD directly out of my 17″ Powerbook?