Michael Wisniewski
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FWIW: FCS2 runs fine on my 2.4Ghz Macbook Pro, late 2008, 4GB RAM, 7200rpm drive. If you want to run Motion or Color remember they prefer to have 512MB or more of video RAM. Can’t really speak to the Firewire 400. My enclosure has a FW800 and eSata port, both work fine with FCS2.
Notes:
– I shoot mostly in HDV & AVCHD, so to keep things speedy, I always use capture to ProRes422. When I upgrade to the new FCS I will use ProResLT.
– If you’re on a budget and are doing AVCHD/H.264 encoding, the Turbo.264 HD Video Encoder is a lot of bang for the buck.
https://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Turbo264HD/product1.en.html -
Perhaps you can find someone local who has a system with Premiere Pro and download it that way. If you don’t know anybody, ask around the different forums to see if someone is willing to rent you some time on their system.
And if you do go that way, it’s best to format the drive with NTFS, to avoid the 4GB limit.