[Brent Dolan]

Has anyone tried it? I know May 1st was only a few days ago but it is pretty exciting news seeing I really think this new format of AVChd will save a lot of people from throwing away the old dual p4 procesors with 2 gigs of ram NLE systems.

I been holding off on the HDV/mpeg 2 editing because I just think it is another Digital 8 solution to a problem.

I really hope AVCHD is the answer. I have seen the way that mpeg4/ H.234 looks online through a quicktime 7 pro encoding from just DV. The file size is so small too. Might even make Laptop Editing a Screamer. To bad Vegas only is supporting sony cameras now. I really like that new 3 chip Panasonic one with the built in 5.1 surround sound. Very cool.

I am itching to hear feed back. I normally edit in premiere 2.0 but I did edit my resume on Vegas 6. It was very easy to learn but yet again it is a timeline editor as long as it has the codecs we need to edit. It is a winner in my book.

[Brent Dolan]

Thanks for the response.

What about the new Premiere CS3 (I know it isn’t out yet but maybe you got the inside scoop)? Is that better for HDV? I have access to Two Computers with Dual Xeon Processers 2gigs of ram (they where our servers at work that we don’t need because we are going to virtual servers so we won’t need them)

Not sure if those will be good enough for editing HDV. I also just noticed that the sony’s I was looking at only shoot in 1080i. I wouldn’t mind having something that was a bit more flexable like the Panasonic HVX-200. I really like the 720p format.

I don’t know I am getting confused the more I research. I might just stay with the stuff I have now because it works well with out bugs. Just when you get the hang of something you have to start all over. I like change but this is an expensive one and I only want to do it once (once hahahha that makes me chuckle) and the right way.

Thanks again for the response I appreciate you giving your time to lend me advice

Thanks
Brent
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