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Need to know spec for editing HDV
Please excuse my ignorance on these matters as I am new to FCP and my english is not so good.. I am editing a project in the new year that is to be shot on HDV (dont know the model of camera as yet). I was hoping to edit this on my own computer but would like to check that I have the right spec in order to do this. I have been getting conflicting information about this and, although I have searched through the archives of CC, I only seem to be able to find half the answers to my questions.
At the moment my spec is as follows:
1 GHz Power G4 Titanium
768 MB SDRAMI need to upgrade to FCP5 from 4.5 which is no problem. I also need to get more RAM. I presume I will have to update this to 2GB of RAM. There will also be a hefty external drive for storing the rushes.
Is this going to be enough oomph for editing HDV footage? Some people talk of a graphics card but others say no.
Any advice would very appreciated.
Francoise
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Have you thought of looking the specs up on the FCP pages at apple.com? I’m pretty sure those specs are posted there.
Arnie
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No…… I have a dual 1 gig Titanium system in the other room and it will not even look at. You’ll need a fast system to capture since HDV is very processor intensive.
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