What's your NLE Syestem?

[Dante]

How about we post our syestem spec's to give others on here an idea and some help.

Just an idea...

I'd post my syestem but its not built yet...heheh

Im still researching and test out equip.

Thanks ALL.

[J.R. Hudson]

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
Clock Speed 2GHz
512Mb
32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra 32Mb
Windows XP


And currently my NLE software is the MGI Videowave 4.0 :(

[Zoomforce]

Videowave 4.0 ?? WTF?

[dashwood]

Mac G4/400 (upgrading to dual 1.25Ghz) with superdrive
OS X 10.2.8 Jaguar (upgrading to OS X 10.3.1 Panther)
FCP 4
Aurora Igniter
G4Port deck control
UVW-1800 Beta Deck
BVU-900 3/4" Umatic deck
Magni TV scopes
200Gb internal storage (Ultra ATA)
200Gb external Firewire
ATI Radeon 9000 PRo - 2 x 17" CRT Apple Studio Displays

[Taylor Moore]

Dashwood,
Where did you find the upgrade info for the G4 to 1.25 dual?
I have an old G4 and would perfer to upgrade versus buy a new one.

Has it worked well?

[dashwood]

http://www.powerlogix.com

Mine hasn't arrived yet, but they are the only guys who offer a dual processor upgrade - guaranteed compatable with Panther. * I'm sure Sonnet will come out with something else soon too. Check out the series 100 dual section for older G4s. $799US for the dual 1.2, $999US for dual 1.4

[J.R. Hudson]

Videowave 4.0 ?? WTF?

Yeah I know. I know. I can't get Vegas just yet! I need a tripod first. I have to have something to edit with! IT was free with firewire.

:(

I'm embarrassed now.

[Zoomforce]

AMD 3.0ghz PC
1gig dual channel
600gb AtA 133 storage
Gforce 5400
18" tft +15" tft" 13" NTSC monitor
VEGAS ;D
griffin shuttle
blah blah blah

[J.R. Hudson]

AMD 3.0ghz PC
1gig dual channel
600gb AtA 133 storage
Gforce 5400
18" tft +15" tft" 13" NTSC monitor
VEGAS *;D Why do you mock me?!
griffin shuttle
blah blah blah

[Zoomforce]

screw vegas John.. the griffin is the cool shitz.. check it out http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.html

one of the best $40 I've spent in a while.

[J.R. Hudson]

Do you use that to ff and rewind footage while editing?

[Zoomforce]

its my JKL :)

[Flintstone]

Intel Pentium 4, 3.06GHz with HT enabled
1GB RDRAM PC1066
Two 20GB 7200RPM ATA-100 system drives in removable trays
One 80GB 7200RPM ATA-133 export drive
Three 80GB 7200RPM ATA-133 video drives in removable trays
Matrox Parhelia 128MB graphics card
Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro (with PremierePro, Audition, Encore)
Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD burner
Dual 19" CRT monitors
PostOp Premiere Keyboard
Contour Design Shuttle Pro
Behringer Eurorack UB1204FX-Pro mixer
Behringer Truth B2031 audio monitors
Sennheiser HD570 headphones
JVC TM-H1375SU NTSC/PAL 13" monitor
JVC XV-S502 dedicated DVD player for testing purposes
JVC HR-S9911U dedicated S-VHS with integrated TBC
And a partridge in a pear tree...

[Zoomforce]

cool.. take a pic Flintstone

[Flintstone]

I'll have to cleanup my workspace first... It's pretty cluttered with junk, CDs DVDs, paper, books, beer bottles, tapes... I'm such a slob! ::) I'll see about posting something this weekend once I finish putting everything in cabinet #13. ;D

[Taylor Moore]

Mac OSX
G4 -350(soon to upgraded)
1 Gig of Ram
2oo gig storage
FCP 4
DVD Studio Pro
Superdrive

PC
AMD 1.8
1 gig ram
140 gig storage
Geforce 6 64mb
HP DVD burner 300i
Vegas
Combustion
Encore
3DS Max 5.1

SGI 21 inch Pro Monitor

DVX 100(getting this weekend in Houston)
Glidecam V-8(waiting patiently for the DVX)
Building a Polecam as this Posts...Pix to come!

[jaronheard]

G4 867
512 mb ram
200 gb internal
80 gb firewire
Superdrive
17" monitor
13" JVC NTSC monitor
JVC SR-VS30 (one of those DV/S-VHS dual decks)
FCP 4 DVD SP 2 ETC...

[jaronheard]

Oh yeah, and I'm gonna build an AGUS35 ;D

[Zoomforce]

check this out:

http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/2001/systems-mobile.htm

look at the last one.. a friggin 64bit laptop lol....

[brian]

2 Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
Both with...
256 MB Ram
one has 20GB HD one has 120GB HD
Both share an External 200GB Firewire Drive
Both are running PREMIERE PRO

[Flintstone]

look at the last one.. a friggin 64bit laptop lol....
COOL! Although I am not an AMD fan, it's pretty impressive! The Aviator GX8 looks to be a good choice too.

[ccdemon]

Power Mac G4 - 867 single
1 Gb RAM
Mac OS 10.3.1 Panther
FCP 4
DVD Studio Pro 1.5
Superdrive
80 Gig internal
80 Gig external
2 NEC 17" Multisync monitors
Keyspan serial adapter
Sony UVW-1800 deck (borrowing it, I run the video through the DVX)
Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro mixer
Sony PVM-9L2 9" monitor (16:9 switchable)

Is it actually possible to upgrade my processor? I've talked with Apple tech guys a bunch of times and they all say that you can't do it. Are they just trying to get me to buy a new G5? I'm not about to do that.

[Zoomforce]

you realize your insane... wait I guess that's why MAD is your name.

[Flintstone]

This affliction/insanity/madness is called the obsolecense syndrome! ;D

In a sense, you can never have enough hardware. I guess it's a guy thing. 8)

[jaronheard]

ccdemon:
it is possible to upgrade your processer through third party processer upgrade cards... however, i would not recommend getting a processer upgrade, especially with "our" mac (I have a single 867 as well) because other parts of the system will limit the speed greatly (bus speed, various caches) especially as FCP becomes optimized for the g5 etc... They are quite overpriced as well IMHO.

[dashwood]

You should check out the specs on the new G4 chip Powerlogix is using. * They claim "it has recently become common knowledge that the latest PowerMac G4 architecture, in spite of a faster bus and DDR SDRAM, performs no better than previous generation models when benchmarked with identical processors. (http://www.barefeats.com.) This is also true when comparing the latest models to a PowerMac G4 upgraded with a PowerForce Dual G4. Installing a PowerForce Dual G4 card into an older PowerMac G4 gives equivalent CPU performance to the 2002 PowerMacs, for significantly less expense." * Check out http://www.powerlogix.com for more info.

The way I look at it, I am upgrading a 400mhz machine to a dual 1.2Ghz machine for $800US, and I don't have to move any hard drives, or re-install all of my software, or worry about existing hardware compatability.

[jaronheard]

That is encouraging, however, I happen to know my g4 is limited by a 256k L2 cache and no L3 cache. That definitly hinders its performance and might warrant a whole new machine instead of a processor upgrade. However, if your G4 isn't a cripple like mine, I'd say go for it!

[jaronheard]

Nevermind me... I don't know what I am talking about... The L2 and L3 caches are replaced by the ugrad card. I should do my homework before I make all these wrong statements 8)

[Dante]

Im Running, get this!!!

Comadore 64.
Attari Video Card.
9' monitor hooked up to a car battery.


WHAT DO YOU THINK!!!! ANyone want me to setup their comp's????

[jaronheard]

Duuuuaaadddeeee... Sweet! As in really sweet! Can you take a picture of that for us? ;)

[Flintstone]

Commodore 64... Right! You didn't tell me you owned a computer museum!

10 FOR X = 1 TO 10
20 A = A + 1
30 PRINT A
40 NEXT X

That's all this computer was good for now! Of course it really was cool then! I enjoyed every minute of it. I was really excited when I exchanged my dataset to a floppy drive with a FastLoad cartridge. It's too bad Commodore died, their Amiga line could have dominated the video industry ( ::)). Remember the first Video Toaster? ;)

[Dante]

Flinstone, I forgot to mention......

My hard drive is an "A-Track"

And my floppy is actually a Toaster.

[jaronheard]

The Toaster is soooooooo sooooooooo awesome!!!!! It may not have been one of the originals, but it was on point for sho. They had one in my Media Production Classes at my high school that they recenetly phased out. I wanted to see if they'd give it to me, but no such luck. I was really hoping to use some of those absolutely ridiculous transitions... like the girl that did a cartwheel across the screen transition... it just doesn't get better than that. ;)

[jaronheard]

looks like i got beat to the punch. the video toaster is awesome, so is the bread toaster / floppy drive. but seriously, isn't a bread toaster a great invention?

[Dante]

I think toilet paper is a much better invention.

[jaronheard]

very true, but toilet paper doesn't taste good... at least i don't think so. I can't say i've tried it.

[jaronheard]

eating toilet paper, not using it :-[

[David Jimerson]

Interestingly, just did some upgrading:

P4 3.2 HT (800 FSB)
1.5 GHz DDR (PC 2700)
1 120GB ATA-133 system dr
1 120GB ATA-133 storage
2 120GB ATA-133 RAID 0 Data Storage
GeForce Fx5900 256MB DDR
Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1 Surround Card
Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 Surround Speakers
HP 300i DVD+RW
HP/Mitsumi CD-RW
Dual Samsung 19" flat CRT
14" Toshiba Flat-Screen TV
JVC SR-VS30 dual-deck VCR
Toshiba SD-4900 DVD Player (dedicated)
XP Pro
Vegas + DVD
ACID Pro 4.0
Liquid Edition
Commotion Pro 4.1
Sonic ReelDVD

And, of course, the DVX . . .

[Flintstone]

Your still insane... or mad... whichever, in any event, your one lucky s.o.b. *Well, I guess luck has nothing to do with it! *::) ;D

[Flintstone]

I hear ya! ;)

[David Jimerson]

MadCow's systems make me want to cry . . . :-[

[Dante]

MadCow... i know a doctor you can see...

When your computer crashes..... doe's it give you a

"DEFCON 1 WARNING!!!"

[kai]

Just for giggles, I'll bite:

Mac G4 Dual 800 (G5 on order), OSX Jaguar
1+ gig ram
Four 120 gigger Barracuda internals
One 250 gigger firewire Western Digital external
Dual Sony 21" CRT's
Sony 14" broadcast monitor
FCP 3
AE 5.5
Matrox RTMac
Shuttle Pro jog controller
Logic Final Cut keyboard
ProTools Digi001
Mackie VLZ-1402
Mackie HR824 studio monitors
Sony DV portable edit deck w. LCD
Decks, Recorders, etc etc...

[Dante]

[quote author=Flintstone link=board=Links;num=1070396732;start=0#12 date=12/02/03 at 16:59:01]
Matrox Parhelia 128MB graphics card
Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro

Flinstone:

Why do you have two video cards? Doesn't the Matrox support 3 monitors??

Whats the advantage of the two cards...

Just wondering cause i was looking into it myself and how did you configure it? *

[Dante]

You guys liking the Matrox cards??

[Guest]

DP Mac G4, 1.25 GHz, Superdrive
1.25 GB memory
3 drives: 80 GB, 200 GB, 250 GB
2 monitors: Dell 2000FP
don't have a separate VCR yet
FCP 4.x

[kai]

I had the matrox RTMac on my old system... now it's not even supported on the G5/Panther yet. Even if it was I wouldn't put it back in. Horrible audio drift/sync issues..