Experience editing Macbook Pro and HVX?
- Thread starter Nicolaas
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MacBook isn't a good solution at all.
MacBookPro should be just fine.
MacBookPro should be just fine.
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
+1 for MacBook Pro.
So there's no problem at all? Both with Avid and FCP?
I am planning to do a larger project (lets say 15 min) in 720p, shot on P2 cards. I want to edit it on a laptop...
potipherswife
Member
I sometimes edit 720 on a 20 inch 2.66 imac with 2 gig ram....and it handles it fine.
Not as good as my G5, but still good.
Not as good as my G5, but still good.
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
I can't speak for Avid, but I use FCP for all my projects, from hour-long docs to 30-second TV spots and have never had a problem with P2 footage. I have used both P2CMS and FCP to import P2 footage, and have used both Raylight (to edit using the original .mxf files) and FCP to edit and they both perform as advertised.
--SM
--SM
Avid what?
No mention of it in your initial post.
And what are you describing when you refer to "raw HVX 720P material?"
No mention of it in your initial post.
And what are you describing when you refer to "raw HVX 720P material?"
Shane Ross
Veteran
I have Avid 3.0.5 and FCP 6.0.5 on my MacBook Pro. ON separate partitions, of course (they have different system and QT requirements). Work fine. Heck, I had the same versions on my Powerbook G4...no problems.
I mostly use Avid Express Pro 5.7. And with "raw HVX 720P material" I mean the uncompressed files that come directly from the P2 card.
Shane Ross
Veteran
I don't think Avid Express works with Native P2 files. Only the later Media Composer lines, like 2.8 and 3.0. Upgrade now...the price is VERY low to upgrade and the features you get...it is a great upgrade.
As HVX shoot DVCProHD 720, which is an I frame codec, the system required to edit doesnt need to be so processor intensive as a long gop codec such as HDV. Macbook Pro is fine. A straight macbook (not pro) could handle a simple edit.
xmephestox
Carbonite Member
i've done a great deal of work in avid and fcp on a macbook pro. cutting is a breeze, real time transitions, etc. like anything else though if u do something more intensive you'll have to render. real time color correction wasn't an issue either in both programs.
Barry_Green
Moderator
Avid XPress had support for P2 files from about version 5.2.3 or so. Not every format was fully supported but most were.
