> Power Mac 7300/200 > 32 MB RAM > 2 GB Apple hard drive > 2 MB VRAM > 256 K cache > 200 MHz 604e processor > 12x Apple CD-ROM > Realtek 10/100 Mbps Ethernet card (I added this) > Mac OS 9.2.2 (installed with OS9 Forever's helper app)
This is very similar to my original 7300 video editing setup. However, several things: MORE MEMORY MORE MEMORY MORE MEMORY. Get 60ns 168-pin Apple EDO or FPM DIMMs, and load the sucker out. RAM is cheap. Go bananas. 2GB isn't much for video editing and the disk is probably only a 5400rpm drive anyway. Consider one of the 18GB 50-pin SCSI Narrow drives (getting more inexpensive but getting hard to find), or getting a cheap IDE card and slapping a standard PC ATA drive in there. > 1: Can the AV module (from a 7600 AV or similar) be added to this > system's logic board? No. There is no motherboard support, and it's not broadcast quality anyhow. > 2: If not, what widely available low-cost options are available for > video capture for a PCI Mac? Analog video, not digital! Aurora has stopped supporting this card, but you can still buy it and the quality is stupendous for a card for its level: the Aurora Fuse. It uses motherboard audio, but the audio synch is just about flawless. It will accept S-video and composite inputs, and has outputs as well. I capture 640x480 29.97fps NTSC video with no dropped frames with a Fuse, a 7300 with a G3/500, and an 18GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm SCSI Narrow drive, but the CPU is probably not necessary -- the card is doing most of the work, so the 604 should be just fine. My card new cost about $420 a year or so ago, so you can definitely do better, especially used. > 3. What low-cost video editors/encoders/etc are best, and where can they > be found? Are there any Freeware solutions for the Mac? QuickTime Pro! $29.95, gives you simple video editing and allows you to convert between multiple formats. There is a freeware video capture tool Apple gives away called HackTV, but if you get the included Fuse CD (you'd better, since it has the drivers), it has an Aurora-branded version on there already. > 4. Is this Mac capable of video editing at all, with a few inexpensive > upgrades? I have 128-256 MB extra RAM on the way, and I am thinking > about a larger SCSI hard drive. A CD-RW would be nice, but isn't > necessary (I have two IDE ones in two PC's, and can transfer the final > product over the LAN for burning if necessary). I would prefer NOT to > upgrade this to a G3/G4, due to the cost, performance bottlenecks, etc. A G3 would be nice, but like I say, unnecessary. Increase the RAM and disk space, and you will be in fat city. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- select unique ("Just another SQL hacker") jash from id_rec order by 1; ----- -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
