[Jimmy D]

thanks a lot for the info.

[Jimmy D]

Thank you for your support. Regarding these VGA converters you mentioned, do I need to purchase them separately or come along with the graphic card for that kind of cases?
Also, based on your experience, if you know about it, what would be better, a system with one Intel dual core processor, let’s say 3.2 or 3.4 Ghz or two separate processors but not dual core around 3.2 Ghz?
Sorry for this bombardment of questions. Any ideas would be great help for me.

[Jimmy D]

I was thinking of purchasing the Nvidia 7800 form the first place but my concern is that would I be needing the openGL ver. 2 or just 1.5? Would it be a great difference? Also, using this Graphic card would I be able to connect two monitors one CRT analoge input and one TFT digital input? Any clues? Thank you for your help already.

[Jimmy D]

I have quicktime player 6.3 but it doesn’t do any good. What version are you talking about?

[Jimmy D]

Thanx for the info and your suggestion. I was thinking however, is there a utility that would convert my mpa audio file to wav so that it becomes editable? In windows movie maker for istance, I can import the mpa audio file and convert it nice and smoothly in wma format but unformtunately it doesn’t solve my problem as wma is the only format I can export and it clearly lacks the quality of the original mpa file.

[Jimmy D]

thanks for the useful info. It’s simple to use, the only drawback is that you are dealling with lots of files and you may miss a frame or so when copying or backing up. But it’s a nice idea. I managed to save about half the size of the uncompressed video file.

[Jimmy D]

all the clips together may take 2 min but its not a great deal after all. You are right about the extra hard drive but my concern is not just the space taken but storage as well. I want to back up every project of mine and I end up with lots of DVD discs and eventually I get confused where I have one clip or the other… But overall, I think I will go for the uncompressed files. Thanks for the support.

[Jimmy D]

I have quicktime player 6.3. and when I try to import qt files to premier it says “unsupported file”. Is the version old or do I have to adjust something inside premier?

[Jimmy D]

Plainman007

I think I agree with Blast1, I couldn’t edit mpeg files as I wanted in Premier Pro. The render file wasn’t what I wanted. It skipped frames, the motion wasn’t good and some parts where completely missing. So I had to demultipex them. I haven’t tried to use the raw mpeg file without finalizing as I can’t find anywhere in the market (at least my market) 8cm DVD+RW discs. I only use DVD-RW discs which don’t allow you to transfer files on the PC unless you have them finalized. I haven’t found a way to make the whole process work in VR mode (instead of the video “native DVD” format I usually use), in other words, transfer files to the PC. If someone knows something more about it … help would be much appreciated.

[Jimmy D]

I have the Sony 403E DVD handycam and I m using Premier Pro and After FX to edit my footages. I record in video mode in my camera (not VR) and then copy the vob files on the hard drive. I had playback and render problems using the vob files just as they are so before importing them to Premier or After FX, I’m un-multiplexing them by using an other utility. After that the files are fully editable in Premier Pro or AfterFX with no render problems. Mini DV is still better quality than DVD but the ease of use and transfer with a DVD cam is something very convenient.