[Mitchji]

Hi,

This should allow running AE on an Intel Mac before Adobe releases a Mac Intel version. This will allow some users to transition to faster Intel Mac’s without waiting for Adobe.

It should also allow running apps that only run on Windows like Cinemacraft and Procoder.

It should also allow me (YES!) to print on DVD’s with my Inscripta Thermal Printer from my Mac.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Mike Johnson] “But I’m not sure what the best equipment for the job would be.”

Hi,

The best equipment would be a Rank with something like a DaVinci for scene to scene color correction:’

“MovieStuff gives you three ways to transfer super 8 and regular 8mm film to video, both with the highest quality you will find anywhere for the do-it-yourselfer…

surpassed only by a high end Rank tran$fer.”

Pro8mm in Burbank did a great Rank transfer of Digibeta for me.

A close friend recommended (don’t have the company name) Doug at 818-885-6501 for $180 per hour (Rank with scene to scene).

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Bob Zelin] “Use the 2 bay Firmtek chassis with 2 Seagate or Hitachi 500 Gig SATA drives, and you have one cheap, fast, great package (see, you get all 3, not just 2).”

Hi,

I second the Seritek enclosure and the Seagate/Hitachi recommendations.

I don’t think all Seagate and Hitachi drives work with the Seritek (I think it is an SCC issue).

So make sure you get compatible drives or have access to a PC to change them.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[George Loch] “SATA raid through the single Express 34 slot and I am not aware of such a card that offers mac support at this point.”

Hi George,

If it is shipping (“Available Mid Q1-2006”) here is a card:
https://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1sm2/

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

1. Do a backup so if things get worse you can get back (don’t burn your bridges behind you).

2. Use Disk Utility or better yet Diskwarrior to repair the hard drive.

3. Use Disk Utility to repair permissions.

4. Download and install the “Combo Updater” replaces more files.

5. Use Disk Utility to repair permissions again.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Nik Manning] “Do you think it will be possible to hook up AJA or Black Magic video card somehow thru the ExpressCard/34 slot in the future.”

Hi,

That works with G4 PB so it should work with MBP in the future. The recommended solution is FW raid connected via the slot. SATA RAID via the slot would probably be better.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Peter Wiggins] “So there you go, as I said not very scientific but a good reason to wait until the Intel boxes come out…”

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much! Very interesting.

When you have a chance (no hurry) would you mind doing a compressor comparison, maybe MPEG2 compression of a 10 or 15 minute clip?

Another interesting test would be to do a small test using Graemes standards conversion SW for a short PAL to NTSC or vice versa.

What I am really looking forward to is the quad core chips that Intel has announced for early 2007 (the G5 quad becomes an 8 CPU Macintel).

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[duffbeer911] “thanks for the reply – I think I will go for the G4 as 90% of my work is AE, I’m just going to be really frustrated in 6 months time when AE 7.x comes out with macBook support.”

Hi Michael,

If you don’t need to run on batteries how about using an iMac G5 until AE 7.x comes out with Mac-Intel support. It would be much cheaper. You could sell it and upgrade to a Macbookpro for a minimal loss.

A friend got an iMac G5 for location editing. This is what he had to say:
“I just got my iMac today – infinitely faster than any powerbook I could have bought at three times the cost. I got the cheapest I could find: a new 1.6gHz 17″ with a CDRW/DVD and 256 RAM on eBay. I upgraded to 1GB RAM and got the iLugger bag.”

and:
Can you capture DV with the G5 iMac to a drive other than the boot drive (one firewire bus)? If so are there any problems or tricks?
“Absolutely no problems. I upgraded the imac’s drive to a 320gb and could capture to that drive but I have a firewire drive workflow. I capture to a FWHD on the iMac. I use a Buslink 6 port FW hub on the imac. I really like the imac G5.

Check this bag that he got for location use:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Tony!] “You’d need to get a FW card for your Powerbook to run the Firewire drive.”

Hi,

Or a SATA card.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi Shawn,

i have a close friend who duplicates 20k or 30k per year who believes that Pioneer are the best.

Best Wishes,

Mitch