HD Pro Res doesn’t work on G5 Quad.

[Michael Belanger]

Obviously I have not kept track of the Mac Pros configs of late . However, the point is that a Quad G5 should not be considered to be underpowered by a Quad Intel . It is the fact that Apple has written the code to better utilize the Intel chip over the PPC chip. Quite clearly alot of us do upgrade yearly but a quad G5 in many instances can perform as admirably or better in some respects, check barefeats, than some of the MacPros. While you may try to down play the improtance of Pro Rez it was clearly used as a marketing tool at NAB, those of us there saw them tout the greatness of Pro Rez having gone down 10 generations and be clearly as good the first generation (although it was not clearly explained how they defined 10 generatons) The advantage of Pro Rez is that you won’t need superfast drives to do high quality HD capture and edit. The part they neglected to mention was that you needed new chipsets to do this. It is on the edge of misleading the public. This should have been clearly pointed out. I guess there will be alot of G5 trade ins over the next few months. Curious if my MacBook Pro if used in conjuction with the new AJA portable unit unveiled at NAB would capture PRO Rez. That would make be a treat.

As for the mutli codecs on the same timeline, that certainly is a help , but also may be best utilized by the purchase of a Mac Pro. I guess I will find out this week upon installation.
From my experience with the Cinewave though I never did find this a flawless function .
I often had issues with this function on the cinewave systems I used. Dissolves were often clunky, colour shifts and the like. Also issues with the qt and os and drivers needing to be in the correct alignment, not alot of room for error on that system, and that was only standard def, can’t imagine what it was like with HD.
Nonetheless at least Apple has released the new software at a great price and threw in Color, that to me is the biggest thing they did to make the software a killer app.

Mike B

[Gregory Dillard]

guess what this is called….marketing and advertising! Think about it. For example, several wines that are all in the $15 category post up point of sale material that says “This chardonnay is the #1 wine under $15.” True, but they didn’t tell you that it the statisitics for one were on women under a certain height, weight, etc.,…. you get the picture.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Gregory Dillard] “For example, several wines that are all in the $15 category post up point of sale material that says “This chardonnay is the #1 wine under $15.” True, but they didn’t tell you that it the statisitics for one were on women under a certain height, weight, etc.,…. you get the picture.”

In Vegas the Flamingo advertises George Wallace as the “Best 10pm Show!” and has been doing so for all four years I’ve been out there. Makes you wonder just how many shows actually start at 10pm…………

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Gary Adcock]

[Gregory Dillard] “oint well taken and i please don’t take this in a derogatory matter.”

hey greg, since you did not take my snotty comment about the phone bill that way I think were are Ok.

[Gregory Dillard] “t’s just i should have been better prepared to know all of this upfront especially when this is your occupation and you allocate a certain amount of your budget for the purchase of new equipment.”

I do not disagree, but everyone should have been prepared for a hardware upgrade since it has been 2 years since the last real .0 upgrade came out, and we had to have new hardware to get the most out of 5.1 ALL of the people that had to get intel machines for 5.1 are safe with V6,

Apple was cautious on the release about what would work, but they make money on the hardware.
iTunes is free but the player costs money, and if you want the coolest new feature you have to buy a new toy. Why should they treat any of us differently than they treat their new customer base.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[John Heagy]

Hey Walter, can you give us the link to MacPro requirements you found. I can’t find it on Apple’s site.

Thanks
John Heagy