Gunleik Groven
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On thin ice here, but I think it simply cannot be done. Media 100 – AFAIK – is a propertarian HW/SW solution and will not let other SW access its hardware. And I think you cannot use M100 with other hardware.
But hit me with a big stick, if I am wrong!
Gunleik
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Apart from the fact that I cannot see anyone agreeing to someone doing a re-edit of a finishd movie, you will not be able to edit what you rip with Mac the ripper (which by the way is not legal to use in te US for the purpose you’re using it…. As you’re not only copying copyrighted material, but even worse: intend to alter it…
You do have a format conflict and have to solve several format and other matters in how to use the files you have ripped.
Is it not possible to just show the movie as it is, and just skip the offending chapters?
Gunleik
(who would not be too happy if someone did something like that to something I had finished…) -
What I’d do wast to use f.ex. Skype as my phone and record the session with SnapzPro.
Voice over IP makes this kind of session quite easy..
Gunleik
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You must chose “DOS” as format. (In disk utilities)
Then it will be formatted as a FAT 32 drive.
Much quicker than the windows procedure… -;)Gunleik
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The upgrade from G5 to intel will most likely never happen.
My upgrades have been:
From 512 mb RAM to 6 Gb
From 1 160Gb HD to 2x 400 raided internal + 8 400gb sata Raided external
From stock gpu to the hottest and newestSorta.
But with these upgrades, my mac is still in competitive shape 2 years after bying it…
Gunleik
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Generally it is good advice to have AT LEAST 10% of the disk free and never less than equal to you RAM amont + 1 Gb because system and other apps randomly write to the disk to function properly.
As HD’s are pretty cheap these days, and it is not supposed to be good practice to have media and system on same HD when working with FCP, you might consider buing an additional drive.
Gunleik
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[Paul Leone] “an I dump duplicate Applications folders and my OS 9 folder (since I’ll never go back) without screwing things up?”
Go winter-cleaning. Kill the OS9 system and apps, kill all duplicates (but why do youy get them?)
Gunleik
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Big problem is: FCP is actually much easier than iMovie in lots of cuting and printing aspects.
Go FCP!
G
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[MitchJi] “As fast as computers improve getting a longer lifespan is not necessarily the strategy. Another option is to purchase a less expensive model initially and upgrade more frequently.”
Agreed! Just my two cents thus far… Bying highspeced machines has this far saved me a lot of cash. And the Quad definitely seems to pick up som of the lag the nonexisting 3Ghz G5 created.
And the upgrade expendses are more than the $$ for the machine. You have to take into consideration all the transitional costs (if you are not in a big shop) of moving all your setups from one machine to another.Still just my two cents -;)
Gunleik
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The dual 2,7 is a good bargain at the moment and still has the pcix slots if you need them.
DEFINITELY buy RAM and a second HD from someone else than Apple. Way overpriced stuff, but go with Crucial or some other brand RAM. (I’ve ended up with only Crucial after some non-brand problems). Samsung should be good, too, as that what Apple is mainly putting in.
For uncompressed work I’ve built an external SATA RAID in a PC-Box with the Rocket RAID 1820A card as a basis. 8×400 SATA disks makes the world spin faster. And an internal 2×400 RAID…
If you’re picking up a second hand machine, get one with eight RAM slots and as many PCIX slots as possible. (This differ a bit from model to model)
And get a good videocard if you’re working with motion. (I think Shake also is affected by this)
An advantage with the PCI-E macs (apparently) is that some of (or all) the rendering – not only previewing – in Motion is done in the GPU.
That’s worth a lot of hours, if true.
Apparently the 7800 GT is the best price/performance buy. (And it doesn’t steal two of your precious PCIE slots)
If possible, I’d buy the quad. My experience is that buying the “top” machine gives a considerable longer lifespan that more than pays for the extra $$$.
Gunleik
(Formerly owner of SE/30 – / 9600 / B&W 400 1st ed
Currently running a Dual G5 2Ghz 1st ed/6 GB RAM/FCP studio/Cubase SXC3 + a TiBook 667/100Gb HD/1Gb RAM)