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Steven, agreed, but… That’s kind of passive, especially on Adobe’s side. Apple and Steve Jobs went out of the way to get Murch to edit with FCP, to create a sense of excitement and insinuate professionalism from the the earlisest releases, even when FCP may not have really deserved it. Apple somehow creates a sense of community. The FCPUG’s all over the place. Take a look at the Art/Video schools. Almost all teach FCP, many exclusively. Adobe seems to set up a web page or two, a tour or two and then sit on its ass-waiting.
Your energy and dedication, web site, et al, makes me feel much better about Premiere than Adobe does. Thanks for that but as far as Adobe is concerned, that is kind of sad…
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Open HD and Boxx are very high-end for just DV if that’s all you are editing. Integrators like ProMax can give you pre-builtsystems for DV at around $5,000.00 I’ve used Premiere since 5.1, both with and without hardware accelerators. I’ve used FCP as well. I’ve had crashing on both, but not much. And, quite frankly, unless you’ve homebuilt a really quirky system, I’ve found Premiere (since ver. 6.0)and the PC platform to be as stable as FCP.
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Adobe’s min requirement of PIII 800mghz will easily be surpassed by the any of the newer processrs, mobile or not. Stay away from Celerons, otherwise prety much anything will work… Bob, only you know your needs. My Sager is warm and heavy but I do a lot of 3D rendering, so for me, it’s worth it. For most editing, a lighter, cooler laptop will do great. If processors have you worried, check out “Tom’s Hardware Guide” or “Anandtech”. They’ll have good info on the graphics cards too. But first, think of what your needs for now and a few years into the future will be. If, for example, you are into making documentaries, battery life and portability may be much more important than processor speed. Choices, choices, choices…
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Bob, just about any current PC laptop will do the job processor-wise. If the laptop has USB 2.0 as well as the 1394 port, you can use the USB port for an external A/V drive. I got an external housing w/USB 2.0 for $45. Add a 7200 RPM HDD for $60-$120 depending on size, bingo. Change the HDDs in the housing when/if you need to. As to the dual display bit, that’s not an Apple/PC issue, rather what Graphics card you’ve got. Look for an ATI, Nvidia etc. card with dedicated video memory and decent specs. Get at least 512 mgs of RAM, though a 1 gig would be nice. With laptops you pay for faster speed and smaller sizes/weights. Unless you’re into heavy effects or 3D rendering like me, a semi-light, relatively inexpensive laptop should do. I got a used and heavy Sager for $1,300 because I will be editing HDV and I do a lot of After Effects and Cinema 4D stuff and I needed a cheap “desktop replacement” for the extra power. You’re needs will likely be different. You have lots of choices on the PC side; keep on researching and I’m sure you’ll find what you need.
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Yes, but thanks for asking.
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Mike, thanks for the reply. I too have seen those posts. I have followed Lorin Thwaits procedure from the HDV forum at the Cow to get CAPDVHS working and it does. So I do have ‘Sony DVHS’ listed in the “Sound, video & game controllers” section of my device manager. There is no ‘Cam’ or ‘System Devices’ When I go to the control panel. I have ‘System’>’Device Manager’> ‘Sound, video & game controllers’. DSE and others have steered readers to the ‘AV/C Subunit’ dialogue box, which I have yet to find, it isn’t in my device manager. (WinXP Pro, SP1). Vegas does recognize the camera as the FX-1, it just doesn’t offer transport controls.
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Thanks willie. It worked like a charm. I’m also fascinated by the issues brought up in your recent posts with fll-freak about normalization and workflow. As soon as I can get away from some domestic committments, I’m going to pound through some of this stuff. Anyway thanks again.