[Bill Buchanan]

Apparently not. They make no mention of having addressed that issue, nor did they mention it was now a 64-bit app, which would have solved the memory-related problems of large projects. Too bad. Evidently doc makers with thousands of clips, etc. in the bins are still SOL.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Thanks. In Video Effects/Transitions it is.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Difficult to say how much you have to spend. Probably new mobo, cpu(s), memory, maybe faster sys hdd, win xp pro x64 os. All the components have to be compatible with x64 os of course. This is assuming you build your own sys. I’m not familiar with the boxes available off the shelf that might meet the requirements for an x64 nle sys. Sorry I can’t answer your question, but it’s almost like asking, “How many bricks in a pile?”

I never had any error messages/crashes during a DVD burn or generating a m2v file. All my crashes/lockups were during normal editing and generating an avi file.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

David:

No. Because with the 32-bit sys, I tried only 3gb of RAM, too, since the capture card folks (BlackMagic Design) suggested not using more than 3gb of mem. The new sys uses much faster memory/fsb speeds, so that may be a contributing factor.

Bill

[Bill Buchanan]

David:

I work in long form with typically thousands of clips, etc. in the bins and have experienced all the ‘joys’ you describe with PremPro 2. I would have been delighted to have joined you in strangling the life out of the person/people at Adobe who designed (and marketed) the app.

I recently built a 64-bit sys using win xp pro x64. Though Adobe ‘does not support’ x64, it works like a charm with x64. With only 4gb of memory currently installed, all the memory-related lockups/crashes are history. Not one, nada, crash/freezeup since doing so.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Obvious. Long-form projects with complicated timelines and thousands of clips, etc. in the bins.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

I wish someone would respond to your question. I’d like to know myself.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

I’m not using Multibridge, but I’ve been getting random freezes, editing 10-bit uncompressed SD with PPro 2. The freezes occur during Saves, etc., locking up the system, requiring hitting the re-set button on the main box. No freezes since going back to 5.6. Me thinks something’s awry with the latest drivers.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Thanks, Bob. Appreciate your detailed response. Probably going to roll the dice on the 2600.

Bill

[Bill Buchanan]

Bob:

What concerns me is that which concerns any director/content provider: that our work when broadcast matches as closely as possible the image characteristics we established on our online production monitors. I currently use a CRT, but it’s SD. Like most folks in production, tooling up for HD is no longer a choice.

Your point that we should setup our imagery based on the end users’ equipment is well taken and is not without merit. And it’s an argument that has infuriated every director worth his/her salt since color TV. I’m a fan of considering the end users’ equipment, not basing my work on it.

That said, from what I’ve seen and read, the plasmas and LCDs and DLPs are rapidly approaching the image reproduction of the better CRTs. So, if the LCD at hand can do the job, so much the better.

So, let me pose my question again to those who are currently using (or have witnessed the use of) the BTLH1700 or 2600 in their editing suites. What’s your take on this component for broadcast production?

Thanks,

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.