Paul Jay
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Quicktime sucks on Windows anyway.
Quicktime is great on OSX.Deliver him a format that Windows can deal with.
Or send him a DVD Video.
Or send him a DV Tape. -
Make sure that it’s formatted MacOS extended GUID.
How is it formatted on the moment?
Check in Disk Utility. -
AJA and Decklink both work Awesome in FCP. I prefer AJA in terms of support.
Premiere Pro is great but even on the Mac, too much issues with I/O cards. -
150+GB of Long Gop Mpeg 2 is your problem.
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A MacBook Pro 17” including external SATA storage can do uncompressed HD.
But if your source is H264 Canon 5D files. ( 8 bit ) Don’t bother. It’s useless!!!
Go ProRes and you will be fine on any MacBook Pro with a dedicated FW800 drive -
It depends if the software you are using can run 64 bit. If yes it can adress more RAM.
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Even if you can edit H264, Like in Premiere Pro for example.
You will regret it sooner or later.
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Indeed, you need a CUDA card.
Nvidia GTX285 or quadro FX 4000RTFM:
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/downloads/davinci/pdf/DaVinciResolveMacConfigGuide.pdf -
The solution is given in previous posts.
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A DVD is Standard Definition by the way.