Harm Millaard
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Mike,
Can you explain how to batch digitize from a DVD? Capturing in PP uses fire wire.
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Copy the .VOB files to your disk, rename them to .MPG and import. You may encounter difficulties, for instance if the DVD was encoded with AC3 sound. PP is not happy with editing MPG files. In that case use an external conversion program to convert to AVI, but you will take a significant quality loss.
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There are two approaches you can take and each one has it’s pro’s and cons.
The first one is to capture HDV, edit, export to tape (so you have the full quality version for the future when HD-DVD or BR-DVD is readily available and the required authoring application), AND export using Adobe Media Encoder to create a MPEG2-DVD compliant stream for Encore.
The second approach is to use the camera to down convert to SD, capture in SD, edit and export to Encore.
The first approach allows for a tape with HDV quality and export to MPEG2-DVD quality, more or less in one go, but the down conversion in Premiere Pro is not very good, so you will sacrifice somewhat on the quality of the DVD. The second method gives better quality by using the camera to down convert, but does not allow HDV export to tape.
I personally use the first approach. I do not find the quality of the down conversion bothersome and I prefer to be able to keep my final production on tape in full HDV quality for the future.
All this HDV editing does require a rather capable PC, with some muscle to get anything resembling RT preview. Well, with the budget you have in mind and these camera prices around $ 1.400, you may have something to upgrade your PC as well.
Hope this helps.
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If you consider that most people buy a camera once every 3 to 5 years, possibly even only in 7 years, at least as long as they are not stolen, I would definitely opt for a HDV version. With the budget available you have a number of choices, Sony HC1, HC3, Canon HV10 and the new but hard to edit AVCHD cameras from Sony.
You do not need to change your DVD player, but the HDV material needs to be downrezzed to SD format. However, for the future you have the best quality material available if you keep your original tapes or export to tape in HDV format.
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For this application best use MS-DV type 2 AVI. If you want to use Xvid or similar, get a consumer application.
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Xvid is not suitable for editing, hence this problem. Convert the file with some conversion program to MS-DV type 2 avi.
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The trial version does not support HDV.
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Premiere is not suited for network operations. Let’s assume two workstations working on the same project at the same time. Premiere has no way to merge the changes made by both editors. How would it know what is more relevant, the deletion of a scene by one editor or the changes made by another? And how to update the project for editor 2, when editor 1 has just saved changes?
That said, there is no problem opening, editing, changing projects as a single user from a network drive. I do it all the time, well not all, but some, with files stored on mapped network drives. The servers are running Windows 2003 Enterprise edition with DFS (distributed file system, somewhat like grid based storage) through VPN connections. The workstations are part of a domain running WinXP Pro, so there is no file sharing through WinXP.
For me this is easy, I have my son manage the network and security, he is MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CCSP and God knows what else. In your case, I would try to find someone to help you with your network setup or become an autodidact. The only problem with becoming an autodidact is that your teacher is an idiot. LOL.
Harm Millaard
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I’m not a fan of AMD. The Intel Core 2 Duo is much faster. Also I would look at a 19″ or larger monitor. It makes editing so much easier with the added real estate and the price difference is small. The same applies to HD’s. For the boot disk anything larger than 80 GB is a waste of space, but for the other 2 you have in mind, I would look at 300 or 320 GB each. In price/GB they are the most attractive currently.
Harm Millaard