[Mitchji]

Hi,

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.

This is the bag he got for location use:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Thanks!

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi David,

Could he use compressor to go directly from HDV to SD MPEG2?

If so would the quality be better?

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

There is quite a bit of information on G5 cards here:
https://www.barefeats.com/quadcore.html
https://www.barefeats.com/rad9650.html

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

I would try Diskwarrior.
https://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html

In the future:
1. do a backup BEFORE doing disk maintenance.
2. Get good backup software to make it convenient and do regular backups.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

This might help you decide:
https://www.barefeats.com/hard51.html
When it comes to 1, 2 and 4 drive sets, which is faster, FireWire 800 or Serial ATA?

I love my Seritek (hot swapable) external enclosure and card. Here is a review of the card:
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1v4/

Here are reviews of the enclosure:
https://www.barefeats.com/hard58.html
https://www.barefeats.com/hard43.html

Internal would be cheaper:
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/g5bracket/

Up to 5 Drives in a G5
A review of the G5 Drive Bracket for PowerMac G5

The cost for the G5 Drive Bracket is $109 shipped.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Jeff Carpenter] “Much easier and the downloads are smaller ’cause it just gives you what you need. Usually when you go to Apple.com and pick an update you get a larger file that contains things you might not need, since it doesn’t know what your hardware is. With the System Update it does know and it just gives you what you need.”

Hi Jeff,

According to Macfixit the “combo” updates (larger) are more reliable.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

I agree with the SATA recommendation as opposed to GRAID. Barefeats has a lot of good SATA info:
https://www.barefeats.com/index.html

For example:
https://www.barefeats.com/hard58.html

Also AMUG:
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1v4/

https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/g5bracket/

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Trevor Ward] “Because if there is no HD DVDs yet, then it becomes SD once it gets encoded to the DVD, right? (even if its shown on a plasma tv?)”

Hi,

The SD quality should be better if the source is HD. Some films are telecined to HD for that reason (better quality SD DVD’s).

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

HI,

https://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD4208502&pathId=125

Best Wishes,

Mitch