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Premiere Pro on a laptop?
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I think what was meant was some of the throughput requirements for I/O can get hairy with a laptop…and yes, for many mainstream laptops I think that is true. Many of the newer processors, even the mobiles, can function quite well once the footage is inside, but not all laptops can capture and output flawlessly if there are a lot of external peripherals attached.
The big issues now that the processors are up to snuff is the drive speed of the targeted media drive (7200 is advisable for any drive you plan on storing and editing video on) and how the FW/USB path is designed. I’ve had some laptops that can use both the FW port and an added FW card in the PCMIA card slot at the same time with no issues…others…not so much.
It all depends on what combination of components are used…
TimK,
Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net -
[Tim Kolb] “It all depends on what combination of components are used…”
Ain’t that always the case 🙂 But, yes it all depends on the system configuration/componenets and a person’s knowledge of using these products…
Just out of curiosity, is anyone using a 5400 rpm or a 4200rpm laptop drive? I had a 5400rpm drive just a few weeks ago and decided to upgrade to the 7200 rpm drive and didn’t really see a big difference.
Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro
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I’d be interested in people’s replies to this one as I considering doing the same. I did a performance test (www.passmark.com) and was astounded by the difference between my 4200rpm internal and my 7200rpm external d2 LaCie 500Meg firewire drive.
Back to my original issue, it seems that all Video Editing hardware solutions are on PCI cards, designed for a workstation not a laptop. Does anyone know of a PC Card or firewire-connected external video editing boxes?
Cheers,
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[Aanarav Sareen] “Just out of curiosity, is anyone using a 5400 rpm or a 4200rpm laptop drive? I had a 5400rpm drive just a few weeks ago and decided to upgrade to the 7200 rpm drive and didn’t really see a big difference.”
Aanarav,
If you are storing media on the C: drive, two streams of DV (a key preview or opacity reduction would work for this) should demonstrate the difference. A 5400 can do one stream of DV, but two with an effect, particularly with PPro should choke it a little…
TimK,
Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net -
Aanarav,
[Aanarav Sareen] “Hmm….SP2 makes me wonder if that is the problem.”
Reading this thread, something range a bell, the bell may be entirely off key, but I thought it might be worth it to toss it out, if someone else has better remembrance. Isn’t there something about SP2 not having the necessary components for firewire implementation if the SP2 comes from a download rather than a microsoft CD? You can request an SP2 disk be sent to you free of charge from Microsoft.
Ron Shook
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Hi Tim,
No, I am not storing my media on my internal drive. All my media work is stored on external firewire and USB drives. Maybe I should try it out and see what happens.Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro
https://www.asvideoproductions.com/video -
Ron,
I know that there is a Microsoft support document that discusses the firewire problems with SP2. But, since the original poster can capture with other applications, there is something strage going on.From personal experience, when I installed SP2 over my current functional Windows XP installation, it “broke” quite a few components. After ordering a CD from Microsoft and slipstreaming SP2 with my original XP Pro disc, I have never had a problem.
And yes, the disc is free of cost from Microsoft, but it takes a while to get it. If anyone wants the disc (I only have 1), please send me an email with your postal address. May fix quite a few problems. [PS: Microsoft encourages you to “share” the disc]
Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro
https://www.asvideoproductions.com/video -
UPDATE:
It’s taken a few days to finally gain access to another system and camera to troubleshoot this one further and I wish I could provide a more technical explanation but here’s what happened:
– I demonstrated to them that with my camera connected to my laptop PPro said device was offline.
– I then plugged my Panasonic camera into their system and PPro controlled and captured it perfectly. (so my camera is ok)
– I plugged their Sony camera into my laptop and again, full control. (so my laptop is ok)
– I plugged my camera into my laptop and NOW EVERYTHING WORKS!
So somehow plugging in another camera seemed to ‘flush out'(?!) some configuration settings so that when I plugged mine back in, it detected it fresh. I wish my explanation sounded a little more technical and less like a problem with my plumbing, but that’s what happened. I wonder if anyone else has ever experienced that?
Anyway, I’m a happy boy again because my toys are working so I can go back to playing…
Cheers,
Ben
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