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editing p2 footage with a macbook pro
Hello,
I’m about to work in a documentary that is going to be shooted with P2 – DVCPRO HD 25p – and I’m going to edit at the same time in a MacBook Pro. Do you have any suggestions about the equipment I should have? (like HD, Macbook Pro model, etc.).
Then I’ll finish the editing in a Desktop Mac Pro QuadCore 2.5 gHZ, 4.5 GB Ram, is there any problem with P2 and a non Intel Based Mac?
Thank you,
Vanessa
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Where’s the non-Intel part? Both machines you mention sound like Intels to me…
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The mac pro is a non intel based computer.
Vanessa
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[Vanessa Pimentel] “mac pro is a non intel based computer. “
Then it isn’t a MAC PRO. It might be a G5, which looks like a Mac Pro. But a MacPro, by definition, is an Intel.
BUT…that’s nitpicking. YOu do not need an Intel to edit DVCPRO HD P2. I had been editing that format for 3 years on my G5. And the DVCPRO HD format for 5 years…starting on a G4.
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You’re right. It is a G5 QuadCore 2.5 gHZ and I’ve been working in it for 3 years and it’s a very good machine. I’m using it on this documentary project. Anyway, first I’ll be editing on a macbook pro (during the shootings), is there any specific issue, like necessary RAM or minimum processor?
Thank you,
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[Vanessa Pimentel] “is there any specific issue, like necessary RAM or minimum processor? “
Nope. Just make sure you have at least 4GB as standard for FCP. Again, I edited P2 using a G4 laptop…
Shane
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Shane – you seem to know the ropes on all these readers for P2. I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard not knowing that my Dual adapter would not work with it after the upgrade. I read your posts stating I just use a G4 powerbook. I am going to go to Ebay and pick up an old G4 but could you advise me as to the slot I will need and is there a minimum of ram and processing speed I should be requiring? I would like to pay a few hundred dollars, not over 4. Please help.
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Powerbook G4’s all came out with that PCMCIA slot, the one the cards fit directly into. But there are other options, as mentioned. The 1 slot P2 Reader from Panasonic, and the Sonnet QIO.
Shane
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