John Baum
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Thanks for the feedback. I’m sorta leaning toward aspect as an initial solution because it seems very flexible and I have only heard good things about it.
One I’ve had more experiance with HD I figure then I’ll start making hardware choices. We plan on renting cameras for the first few jobs to see what we like best. -
Thanks for the info
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um, hello…I realize HDV has some shortcomings but I thought it would allow us to ease into our first couple of HD jobs without a serious cash outlay. Once the HD work is steady we will upgrade our Adrenalin with a DNXcel and some kinda crazy huge storage, but not quite yet.
We do mostly corporate video and we usually do have enough time to do alot of post work. Some jobs are all post.
As far as decks are concerned I didn’t really plan on getting HDV decks. I want to get some jobs under my belt first, evaluate some different formats as well as see what new stuff develops. HD still seems to be going through some growing pains to me. -
So what’s the problem with the 5.6 driver?
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I just updated to the 5.6 drivers to try Vegas and apparently they are not working correctly.
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It’s in the decklink control panel…in the windows control panel folder.
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Server hardware in general is more robust. Higher quality components since servers generally need to run 24/7 with a high degree of reliability. They may also contain extra components that allow redundant power supplies, high speed disk arrays, optimised I/O…there is nothing on them that would make them a bad choice for video editing. Quite the opposite. But unless you are in a very busy work enviorment where your workstation is busy all day everyday you may be paying for more then you need.
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Basically for video get as fast as you can afford. Any type will work fine. Though the Xeons usually have a larger cache which does help encoding and rendering speeds a bit.
You should check out the new Core 2 Duo chips. They are currently the fastest chips you can get and not too expensive. And don’t let the lower clock speeds fool you. They are designed differently then previous intel chips so even though they have a lower clock speed they are still faster.The more RAM you have the faster and smoother your video app will run. Hard drive capacity and speed are also very important. At the very least you should have a seperate drive just for your media files.
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I got my custom system built by these guys. Much cheaper then Alienware or BOXX for essentially the same components. I even had my Decklink card drop shipped to them and they installed and tested it for no extra charge. There customer service has been occasionally a little mismanaged but they eventually get things right.