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is my comp powerful enough for 1080 24p?
Hi,
I have a Mac Pro 2 x 2.6ghz dual which means I have 4 processors right? and I have 2 gb of ram 667.
I captured some footage from a hv20 by following apples instructions https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389
(HV20 HDV 24p to ProRes 24p)
I worked fine, i was surprised how small the files are.
When I play the movies in my timeline it’ll play for about 3 seconds and then the video pause and the audio keeps going kinda, and I wondering why:
should I:
get more ram?
more processors?
render with a different codec?
render with less res?
My idea was to work at the highest res possible first then export as needed.
The movie will be for web, SD DVD and maybe blu-ray.
thanks
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Hi Jason,
You forgot to ask another important question, which is: Can I use my startup drive for storing video files or do I need to have a dedicated media drive? Answer: You need a media drive with a minimum of a firewire 800 connection. A SATA drive connection is even better. This is probably why your Mac/FCP system won’t play back the video without dropping frames, especially if you’re editing with a Pro Rez sequence. Editing at the highest quality possible is a great idea, as long as your system can handle the higher playback demands you’re asking of your system.
– Don
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thanks mate
I forgot about that. I am trying to edit off a usb2 drive. I’m looking to get another hard drive soon so I’ll try out a firewire800 one.
I do have two internal hard drives but I’m using the other as a time machine back up. Maybe I’ll just use that other internal and use a usb for my time machine.
It’s better to have an external back up anyway yeah?
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Hey Don plays smooth now!!
Sweet 1080p real time editing Holy Cow!
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[jason leue] “Maybe I’ll just use that other internal and use a usb for my time machine.”
You may want to check out whether or not you can use a USB drive for Time Machine. I know that you can’t use one as a startup drive. A lot of FCP users will clone their startup drive before doing a major software update so that if they run into problems afterwards they can always start up from the external and keep working like nothing ever happened. The minimum requirement for a bootable external drive is FW 400.
[jason leue] “It’s better to have an external back up anyway yeah?”
Absolutely.
– Don
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Yep you can.
[Don Greening] “You may want to check out whether or not you can use a USB drive for Time Machine. “
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Great! Glad it worked out for you.
– Don
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