What is needed?

[Guest]

If I was to purchase the FX1 What would I need to edit the HDV format on my computer?

[alpi69]

a NLE that can handle it. and they all demand a lot of power. a lot! i know in edition you need a DX9 complinat grafxcard with 256MB and best a dual xeon/opteron. it works with less, but it apprently has more bandwidth than regular DV.

[Guest]

I am runner Dual Amd MPs with a Quadro Fx 2000 video card. 1 gig of Ram. Will that be enough?

[Guest]

Pinnaclesys Liquid Edition Pro 6.

All-format Editing from SD to HD with SmartEDIT
Liquid now includes SmartEDIT with expanded native support for just about any SD and HD format (DV, MPEG-2 IBP, MPEG-2 I Frame, HDV and even uncompressed) in the same timeline. This eliminates the need for untimely and damaging transcoding for HDV output and DVD authoring.

[moe_snodgrass]

this blog link is self-explanitory. the guy seems to know his stuff but he's all about Macintosh.

http://www.hdforindies.com/

-snoddy

[Hyperbolic]

The hdforindies site is good, but it's more about HD than HDV. You don't need quite as much juice for HDV, I think.

There's a good article here:
http://videosystems.com/mag/video_homebuilding_hdv/

While Sony's cam is 1080i, and this article is about 720p, it's still a valuable reference point. Bump up the specs a little bit (go dual processor and 2 gigs of ram, for instance), and I think you're there!

I joined DVXUser fully expecting to claim a DVX as my very own. However, I have to confess that I ordered the FX1E (PAL version) instead. It may blow up in my face, but I decided to gamble on the cutting edge, especially since Adobe and Premiere Pro 1.5 anounced they'll be licensing the Cineform codec and providing it as a free upgrade.

Since Adobe et al. have committed to it and are promoting it, I feel good about going with it, too. And while I'll still have to downrez to output a regular DVD, starting from a higher res file will almost certainly produce a crisper-looking dvd (just as going from film to DVD is nicer than SD to DVD). In fact, even the adobe guys think this is the way to go. Check it out:
http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=28667

[Guest]

I was dead set on buying the Dvx100 too. I have been researching it for the past couple of months. Today I fianl saw some footage from the FX1 and I was blown away. I have converted the footage to Dv compress and I did not see much of a loss if any. Very sharp and clear. Truth is I thought I was looking for that film quality look (which you can always fake and get wonderful results). I think that HDV really takes it a step futher.

[Shaw]

You might be interested in checking out some footage from a home made HD camera. Far better results than HDV will ever give you. There are several under development and are rumored to go for about 5K when completed and production starts. Depending on your needs and time frame this might be an option:

http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=sony;action=display;num=1099339143

[dvpixl]

just more freakin money you need! uuuguhghghg!!!

[Hyperbolic]

just more freakin money you need! uuuguhghghg!!!

Yes, sort of. The camera certainly isn't more; in fact, for even just regular DV, you're getting a great deal -- $3700 for true 16:9 anamorphic. That said, the potential of HDV is certainly the reason you'd buy it over the cool film-ish look of the DVX.

I put together a CPU today that should meet my HDV needs (I'll keep you posted). Going by Cineform's "optimized" suggestions and the understanding that their codec outputs an avi that averages 3 min. per GB, I built a PC for around $1300 that includes a P4 3.2Ghz chip and accompanying motherboard, 2GB RAM, a recommended video card (ATI RADEON 9800 Pro), a 160 GB HD and a 250 Gb HD (which should handle lots of footage), and a case.

Once Premiere Pro upgrades to include the Cineform codec for free, I should be all set!