Harm Millaard
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Use the right tool for the right job. If you have consumer grade material, use a consumer grade application. Adobe is right to not try to be a jack-of-all-trades, but specialized is profession editing.
You don’t try to rebuild a house with a multifunction Swiss army knife, do you? I hope you use specialized tools. Same applies to video editing.
Harm Millaard
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The source material you use is consumer grade, so why are you surprised PP does not like it? You may be better off with a consumer type editor like Elements, WMM or Pinnacle.
Harm Millaard
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Eric,
According to their website XDCAM-HD is not supported. EX is, but only in 1440×1080 mode, which is HDV mode. Maybe the quality of the info on their website mirrors the quality of the product and drivers.
They cannot divulge whether SAS Raid controllers are supported based on the IOP 348. They have such a limited number of outdated supported components, you can never build a top notch system and nobody in their right mind would be willing to take the risk with a top notch system.
For me, I would never invest in Matrox. I have done once with the RT-X100 and the only thing it was good for was using it as a door stopper. It still is functional in that capacity. No complaints. The advantages they boast about are either irrelevant (analog capture) or of no use whatsoever, since I never use them (rendering).
Harm Millaard
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I have just checked the compatibility list and the only halfway decent system there is the HP XW8600.
However, the case dot not allow for more than 5 disks, not enough for my needs, does not offer hot-swappable bays, of which I need at least 8. Has only one on board firewire connector and I need at least 2 on board. It does not have dual NIC’s on board for load balancing. That requires an additional PCI-e card. It does not offer redundant PS. It does not offer hot-swappable fans. It only offers Intel X5472, not the required E5472 CPU’s.In graphics cards there is no support for an ATI 4870. There is no support for XDCAM-HD or DVCPro-HD. There is no 64 OS support yet.
Where the heck is the benefit of a Matrox RT-X2? I can’t find it.
Harm Millaard
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First of all it ONLY runs on certified systems, limiting capabilities severely. If you deviate in a very slight way from those systems, it is anyone’s guess when it will cause trouble, the only certainty is that it will give trouble. What happens when your certified video card dies and the model can no longer be bought? Right, you’re in deep shit because your system is no longer certified. What happens when CS4 comes out? Nothing to worry about, you can buy the compatible and new RTX3, because the RTX2 no longer works, however you can’t upgrade, you need to buy the new card, which is only supplied with another version of PP CS4, which you already have. It may even be necessary to get a new system as well, since your current system is no longer on the certified systems list.
The list of certified systems consists of way underpowered systems. I prefer a good system and invest in that rather than investing in Matrox and an abundant license of PP. If you only use PP and are satisfied with mediocre systems and are not tech savvy, it makes sense. I belong to another category.
Harm Millaard
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Not only that, they also give you serious headaches.
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Yeah.
Harm Millaard
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Looks like your disk setup may be causing this problem. If files are offline, it is often caused by changing drive letters on externals. When opening the project make sure you point to the correct drive and directory when asked where file xxx is. That should make them available in the time line.
Harm Millaard
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Compare it to downhill skiing. On the first pass you reconnoiter the track, noting the difficult parts and the ideal route to pass the poles. On the second pass you use the knowledge you gained from the first pass to improve on your speed. If you can do that several times, your time will improve even more. You will have a better feeling how to avoid being carries off the ideal line and making too high a jump.
That is why professional encoders can use up to 9-pass encoding. Just to get the best result possible.
Harm Millaard
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Remember how long it took Adobe to get scene detection in Premiere 6.x while Scenalyzer offered it for years? It appears Adobe always want to be a couple of years being the competition. It could be a performance indicator for their marketing department, showing how good they keep up with the competition despite lacking features.
Harm Millaard