hello there, I had no problems edditing video on a power book G3 400......Yacov Kirk Woolford wrote: > Hi, > > I've done a good deal of editing on a Powerbook G3 400. I had > problems with Final Cut Pro 1.2, so I switched to EditDV (after > Bruno's suggestion), and found it much easier to use. Unfortunately, > it looks like the company that made EditDV, Digital Origins, has been > bought by, or merged with, Media 100. The new version of EditDV is > called Cinestream: > > http://www.digitalorigin.com/product/cinestream/index.html > > Considering it's a merger of EditDV and Media 100, it should be quite > nice, and it costs half as much as Final Cut Pro. > > Oh, one point about editing on a Powerbook... or any computer for > that matter. You really shouldn't capture and edit from the same > drive or partion as your operating system and program. The best thing > you can do is to get an expansion bay drive like an Excaret > > http://store.powerbook1.com/medbayhardri.html > > and use that for your editing. Otherwise, use Drive Setup to > partition your drive into two. THIS WILL REFORMAT THE DRIVE!!! so you > have to back up everything first. Then put the operating system and > software on one partition and use the other for file storage. > > You should also get a program like Norton's Speed Disk for > de-fragmenting the disk from time to time. > > As far as storage is concerned, I used to be able to edit a 5 min > video with a 6Gb drive. I don't recommend it. I had to remove almost > everything else from the drive and was continually quitting out of > the editing program, deleting temporary scratch files, and starting > the program again. Life is mucccchhhhhhh easier with a 30Gb drive. > Ah, another trick... ADS technologies sells a kit for putting a > internal IDE drive in a firewire case. All you need is a screwdriver: > > http://www.adstech.com/products/pyro_drive_kit.html > > Get a 7,200 RMP ATA/66 drive and you can build a fast 30 or 40Gb > external drive for $250-$300. > > Hope this helps, > -k > > www.bhaptic.net
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