[Pingu2k]

Okay, I just warm the thread….
I’ve a MacBook (non-pro) and FCP5 and the whole Studio1 functions very well. Even Motion is able to do some easy things. (And they render, but slow)

So, whats up with FCP6 – does it run on my 2GHz CoreDuo with 2GB RAM? PLease don’t tell me the screen is small and its not recommed, I won’t do much on that machine. My idea is to capture, rough cut the things and give them to a higher-rated Power/Mac/pro. Or vise-versa to copy a whole project (fully rendered) and take it with me for client-presentation.

Has anyone testet the abilitys of a MacBook non-pro?

PC: AMD64 3200+, 1 GB DDR400-RAM, 2 TB 4-hdd-RAID-0, nVidia Geforce 6800 w/ 256MB || Macintosh: MacBook dual 2GHz CoreDuo, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD; Dual 1,8GHz G5, 1,5GB RAM, 400GB HDDs, ATI 9600PRO; Dual 1 GHz G4, 1 GB RAM 220 GB HDDs, nVidia Geforce 4 MX w/ 64 MB

[Pingu2k]

“Check with the client to be certain that’s what she wants, and if so I will tell you the simpleist and fastest way to create them in FCP.”
That’s a very nice offer, I’ll return with a question, when necessary. Thanks!

I have a new toy to play with, I brought a standalone DVD recorder. That Sony is a nice thing and the quality is better than I ever emagined…
This way to produce a – I call that ‘contact master’ – is as simple as it could be. I think I tend to complicate problems in an unusual way, I’ve thougt of someting more sophisticated.

I tried all recording-qualities with timecode superimpose and every one is sufficent for a low quality preview. Even the 8-hour-mode with only 25fps would be adequate for my client. I think i will use the 6-hour-mode with full 50fps.

Nice idea, I thank you for that hint. It will save money, when the recorder is back in, but for now it saves my nerves and time!

PC: AMD64 3200+, 1 GB DDR400-RAM, 2 TB 4-hdd-RAID-0, nVidia Geforce 6800 w/ 256MB || Macintosh: MacBook dual 2GHz CoreDuo, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD; Dual 1,8GHz G5, 1,5GB RAM, 400GB HDDs, ATI 9600PRO; Dual 1 GHz G4, 1 GB RAM 220 GB HDDs, nVidia Geforce 4 MX w/ 64 MB

[Pingu2k]

Yeah!! Someone has the same ideas like me!

I can tell you, it works. My setup is a somewhat horrible you might say, but see:
I’ve captured DV on a Dual 1 GHz G4 (Panther) with Final Cut Pro 5 through a samba-network (1 GBit) on a huge 4 drive raid-0 arry thats inside of a windows pc running XP. Strange isn’t it?

Like you, someone is working on the Windows PC during capture. It is no problem, only a few dropped frames. (Of course after changing Windows default-behavior…) The same error occured on the G4. A single frame dropped and it aborted!
There are two points snside the “usersettings” of FCP5. You must choose them as following:
1) abort capture on dropped frames – deslect
2) on timecode-break: [create a new clip] or [notice after capture]
(don’t mind differences, i’m german and freely translated it).

That worked for me and I hope as well for your project.

Good luck,
greetings
pingu2k