RE: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing & output

[eli]

I would avoid editing analog on a G4.  It's like

buying an SUV to cruise the suburbs.  Any investment

you make on analog is money you could have spent on

getting the most out of your G4.


I'd get a copy of finalcutpro and the sony converter

box.  Wiredinc has a box called firewired that does

the same as the sony box  (

http://www.wiredinc.com/firewired.html ).  It lets you

go digital back to analog with an S-video or RCA

cable.  I don't know if the sony one does that.


EditDV is good software, and there is a cuts only

version available for free download at

http://www.digitalorigin.com/unplugged/register1.asp 


The most useful website for this type of info is

www.2-pop.com  


I would also consider imovie a decent editing tool

that a creative person can rip apart and make great

things with.  And it's free too from apple.  


Finalcutpro is the best and purrs like a kitten on a

G4.  You may also consider getting extra internal IDE

drives for your G4.  I suggest 27gig+ IBM deskstars. 

www.gogocity.com had great prices last time I ordered

some.  Yoy can fit two extra drives internally if you

buy an IDE expansion card from ww.vsttech.com .  And

lastly, you'll really want some RAM for editing.  I

would say 192 is good, 256 is better.  2-pop has

threads for pricing, deals, configurations and all

that.


Hope this helps!  


E


__________________________

Good points made below.


I'd also reccomend checking out EditDV from Digital

Origin. It's a 

great

package and gives you more then enough power to meet

all your needs.

http://www.digitalorigin.com


Charles Chapman

Web Solutions Manager

Telco Systems, Inc.

A BATM Company

www.telco.com


-----Original Message-----

From: Sohrab Pirayesh [

sohrab2mtc [dot] com (mailto:sohrab2mtc [dot] com)

]

Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:42 AM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing &

output



Your getting into tough territory.


Hi8 is an anolog format, the 1394(apple calls it

firewire, sony calls 

it

i.link) port imports digital information. its meant

for cameras that 

record

in DV or in D8. You have three options


    -import anolog ( for this you have to buy an

anolog capture card 

for

your mac which can be rather expensive, check out

http://www.miro.com/start.asp )

    -buy the sony converter, convert your footage to

dv, edit it, 

convert it

back to anolog     and send it back to your camera.

    -buy a DV or D8 camera and reshoot your footage


These are all pretty expensive solutions, but those

are the only ones 

that

come to mind. About editing software, use apple's

final cut pro, it was

designed to work on teh G4, so it will be more stable

and more powerful 

than

premiere.


hth

-sohrab



----- Original Message -----

From: "Mark Tagliaferro" <

markspaceshot [dot] com

>

To: <

flasherchinwag [dot] com

>

Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 3:05 PM

Subject: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing & output



> Sorry for the OT, but it seems that a lot of people

here have 

considerable

> experience on the subject, so I thought I would ask.

 I have a Mac 

G4/450

> and a Sony Hi8 TRV99 camcorder.  I want to be able

to capture video, 

edit

it

> on the G4 and send back to Hi8.

>

> The G4 has two firewire ports. The camera has one

S-video 

(input/output)

as

> well as left & right audio.  It also has composite,

but I'm not 

interested

> in using that.

>

> Sony has a product called a media converter that

will supposedly 

convert

the

> signal from S-video to firewire and back.  Does it

make sense to use

> something like that or are there other technologies?

>

> I'm also looking for a recommendation for editing

software.  Adobe

Premiere

> and Apple Final Cut Pro are the only one's I am

familiar with.  But i 

have

> no experience with either.

>

> I'm really hoping someone could advise me on what

would be the most

sensible

> approach.  Feel free to email me off list

>

> Mark Tagliaferro

>

markspaceshot [dot] com

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