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yes it is 2 cpus on one chip thats what ive been trying to say .and more than enough for what final cut pro needs .What type of source file hdv clips were you watching ? were they in the native HDV format or compressed to h264 or quicktime .I am talking about scrubbing and playing native hdv after you add filters or fx s to the video on a final cut pro timeline .
I have no problems at all watching lets say a movie trailer in hd on the Imac .the problem is that final cut is suppose to be able to play back native HDV files on the timeline as you edit .If it cant handle the data its suppose to drop the quality and still play the timeline
and this is where my problem is .when I add some type of filter to the video it cant play back without it stuttering . On my pc with premier pro it plays back fine ,somthing is not right ! I am just looking for the right tool for the job I dont care if its mac or pc .
as I said before maybe i am doing somthing wrong and thats what I am trying to find out .I wish someone that was doing this hdv editing on a Imac could give me the right anser .
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Hi well as I stated above in my last reply its a sata drive mounted in a usb 2.0 box
so if you just want to go by specs alone usb 2.0 is a touch faster than firewire 400
and if even in the real world it was a touch slower it should still be more than enough to handle HDV data . also could you please give me more detail on what you mean by a desktop cpu
from what I understand maybe a cpu thats made for a laptop would be less power hungry
and on the new dual core chips they might reduce the cache a little from a xeon chip
but they are still very close in perfromance in the real world .just to clear up one other thing you stated that the Imac was a single cpu . I am talking about the new Imac which is a
2 core cpu …. So there are 2 cpus mounted on one core which is way more than what apple
states is needed .# Macintosh computer with 867MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, or Intel Core Duo processor
# HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processors (authoring HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor)
# 512MB of RAM; 1GB of RAM for HD features (2GB recommended)So the Imac falls well into that
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well i did say that ..but thats not really what i ment .its a serial ata hard drive mounted in a external box which is connected to the USB 2.0 port on the back of the Imac . I am sure
it should at least give me the same data rate as a firewire drive .Ive use it that same exact way on the PC side with no problems .and like I also said I did try some clips comming from the internal drive as well and I had the same stuttering on playback as well .
sorry if you misunderstood my statement ! But anyway whats your thoughts on this ?
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Best will be the choice that has the highest bit rate encodeing its pretty much that simple …. and if you need 100 percent playback with no hi cups or gliches you need to burn a DVD for authoring disc in a 3.95 gig format On a 201 burnner .( if thats really important to you ..thats the only way ) short of sending it out and making a glass master .
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sounds like the problem started with the new hard drive ..
that should tell you somthing ! Try a different one if thats the only change you made
it the only thing that makes sence ,,,,
Just my 2 cents hope it helps
steve -
Just my 2 cents I had a alike problem but I could capture on other computers and with other cameras .. So I say try a different 1394 card .you would think thier all the same
but thats what solved the problem for me . I tried a belkin 1394 card and it worked fine .
The one that gave me trouble was a chepo from a compter show about 15 bucks …
Hope this helps
Steve