Editing HDV for the gazillionth time

Damon Botsford

Damon Botsford

Court Jester
Targeted question for Barry Green...
I could be mistaken, but I swear you once mentioned working with raw M2T files on an "ancient" P4 HT sytem. I searched like crazy but couldn't come up with the NLE... was it Canopus??? Am i smoking crack? I've followed your posts and I'm pretty sure you are the master control program from Tron... except he was evil, but everybody seems to like you. Seriously though, have you explored the Edius route (with HDV or HQ) and what's your take? Should I bother with a single P4 3Ghz (whether it's Canopus, Vegas, or any other NLE)? I have a HDV project (3 layers max.) which I'd like to finish before upgrading to the latest and greatest computer. I prefer Canopus, but am open to suggestions.
 
The "ancient" P4 system is not hyperthreaded, it's a 2.66ghz.

The editor I was using was Vegas. The m2t's can be dropped straight on the timeline. However, you don't get realtime performance. It delivers about 8fps.

I haven't explored Edius, but it does look interesting, and it's one of the three editors that currently support DVCPRO-HD. Frankly, I've been waiting (no hurry to move to a new editor!) in the hopes that Vegas would come around and offer DVCPRO-HD support, which means I won't have to change editors.

Edius recommends dual 3.2ghz Xeon processors for HDV editing. A single P4 3ghz isn't likely to give you real-time editing on any system, unless you're using an intermediary codec. Cineform recommends at least a hyperthreaded 2.8ghz P4 for use with their intermediary codec.
 
Rudimentary Editing HDV at the M2T file level can also be done with the "rustic" MPEG WIzard from WOMBLE. I use it on the field on a portable at 1.2 Mhz !!

The alternative to get RealTime on a medium-sized PC is AspectHD from Cineform in conjunction with PremierePro. Works perfectly and real time on a 3.0 GHz PC with decent drives
 
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