Best os for video..

moviemaker999

moviemaker999

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Hey on the PC side of things, what is the most stable os to use for video editing? I'm not going linux, so microsoft. Should I stay away from vista?
adobe cs3
 
I had several problems with Vista,

first the Vista OS demand on my system was showing lag, i ended up turning off all visual effects and what have you. In the end i got it down to looking like the old 98 start bar.

Second, there seemed to be a huge issue with different media formats and players - QVI, MOV, windows media player, quicktime player, DVD players. Constant freezing and crashing, some not working at all.

Third, a few programs would crash under small amounts of system demand, such as Premiere Pro! was very anoying.

Ending up switching back to XP. Much more suitable and stable at this stage.
 
If you must use Windows, I suggest buying Windows 2000 if you can still find a legal copy. Unlike XP and Vista, it doesn't have Product Activation, so you'll never have to worry about having to beg Microsoft for permission to reinstall.

Be sure to double-check the programs you get, though, as a few of them may not run on 2000. Most apps will run just fine, but may not be officially supported. I've used 2000 on my video editing workstation for two years now, and it works fine.
 
I would not recommend windows 2000 as software development has been targeted at Windows XP for a long time. The bad bits of XP are tolerable and since upgrading my computer is much more stable. Stay away from Vista! It'd be better to learn Linux...
 
Tom Marshall said:
There aren't any good video editing apps for Linux though. For visual effects on Linux, you have both Shake and Nuke, as well as others. But for editing? Nothing...
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Sadly, this is basically true. I had such high hopes for Cinelerra, but it's far too buggy to be useful for pro work. Not to mention the lack of codec support.
MainActor was great, but it was discontinued (before I decided to buy it too... :zombie_smiley:). I can't find boxed copies anywhere on the web, so my guess is that they only sold downloadable copies...

BTW: I had no idea Shake had a Linux version, and had never even heard of NUKE (took forever to find, due to the commonly used word as it's name). It's very good to know that these options are out there, though, even if they are out of my budget.
 
Hey Tony, not sure if you've run across this or not, but it might be a decent Linux NLE - http://jahshaka.org/

It's actually cross-platform with a Windows, Mac, and *nix version. I haven't had a chance to download it, but it might be worth a look.

You would think that with all the post houses wanting to go with a free os like Linux, there would be an NLE available... maybe AVID and Final Cut just have too much market share...
 
I'd used it a few years ago, and it's rather basic. No Sony Vegas to be sure. But it's been updated several times since then, so in all fairness I should try it again.

Even some really basic Linux video apps have come in handy. I use Kino for all of my live streaming DV capture with my Ubuntu notebook.
 
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