Eric Jurgenson
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Is it real time or does it need to be rendered?
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Should work well, although I question your need for the additional media drive. It’s going to make your file management a bit more complex. I think all the stuff you have allocated for this drive could be put on the primary video array without affecting performance, with the possible exception of the MPEG export, especially if you have an RTX100 card, which can drop frames when exporting to the same drive containing the media. For my system I use the C: drive for this purpose, which seems to work OK. I personally like the simplicity of keeping all my project elements in one filder.
I am presuming you are editing DV. Higher quality video (larger file sizes) would require more performance, which would be aided by moving the audio to another drive as you have planned.
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How about DVD? (MPEG2)
I think you will have to supply more information to get the answer you are looking for.
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I’d lower the data rate to 6 mb/s. Some DVD players will choke on high data rates. Other than that, I’d stick with the default parameters in the Adobe encoder. Use the NTSC DV 4×3 low quality 6Mb VBR 2 Pass preset.
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I’m not sure, but don’t you have to render MPEG2 files? Is there a red line on the timeline? (Hit the enter key to render).
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If your computer is compatible with the Matrox RTX cards, they are the way to go in my opinion. Most computers are fine with the RTX’s, but I’d check the Matrox site to see if your computer is approved, or at least motherboards with the same chipset. If your graphic card is integrated on the motherboard, and the chipset is not on the approved list, I would be a bit more leery.
Setup is simple and straightforward; much better than the old RT-2000 days.
The real time MPEG2 encoding is worth the price of admission, but the RT effects and the analog I/O are great too.
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The Matrox RTX cards allow you to capture video and all four audio tracks at once in Premiere.
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Sales of PPC apps will fall off a precipice with the introduction of the Intel boxes. With lack of sufficient income, there will be no incentive to continue support. Perhaps Apple will continue to support their own apps for the short run to muffle the squeals, but anyone with the slightest bit of foresight can see the end of life for PPC apps looming. Another dose of “tough love” for macophiles. Prepare to “re-up” again. On the bright side, you are still better off than Avid owners in this respect.
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Thanks very much guys for your helpful comments. Stuff like this make me wonder if the Adobe guys actually use their software. Virtually every other product that Adobe puts out is best in it’s class, but Premiere still has that vestage of light-weightedness that it was born with almost fifteen years ago.
Yes, Premiere Pro was a big step in the right direction, but it has only gotten them halfway to something truly “pro”. Adobe needs to take a two pronged approach: Address existing workflow issues, and develop an innovative set of tools that set it apart from the competition.
If this entails a total rewrite of Premiere’s data structure, than so be it. Adobe is a big company; they can handle it. Otherwise, sooner or later someone will jump into the Windows NLE market and grab it for themselves. Maybe Apple! Wouldn’t that be a blow to Adobe!
Never happen, you say? Why not? Perhaps there is a little tit for tat agreement between the two parties (or three parties – MSFT). Hey, guys, collusion is illegal, or at least it should be.
Continuing with my paranoid conspiricy theory: What if PPro is not being held back by sullen hacks in a Dilbert-esque corporate environment, but in fact is being hobbled by management fat cats attempting to stifle competition and lower short term costs with shady back room agreements?
The customer doesn’t mean much in such a scenario.
Power to a free economy (and better software).
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Thanks, Tim. I believe in the power of the Cow.