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HD video on a MBPro??
Hi everyone,
I am looking at buying a macbook pro for editing very soon. However, I have been told that the Macbook pro cannot edit “true” HD video (in Final cut studio 2) due to it’s resolution and graphics card / capture device. However, i have been told it can edit “compressed HD”, can anyone tell me the difference and enlighten me on this?
The last thing I want to do is spend
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What format are you going to be capturing? Drive speed is the first limiting factor.
You need an external firewire drive, at the least.
If you will be capturing via firewire you will need an express card to add a firewire bus. All the built-in firewire connections are on one bus.
HDV will work on an external firewire drive. IMHO editing HDV is frustrating if you are doing anything with complexity. Your mileage may vary.
DVCPro HD will work on fast external firewire drives.
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