[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro + Final Cut Express 4 = Fail!

2009-01-02 Thread danielmcvicar
Rendering drives me nuts on Final Cut. I use footage from multiple sources and premiere or sony vegas can accept it. It seems that Final Cut has a closed system, and is designed not to be able to use imported clips from or to multiple platforms. When are they going to open up? Good luck! D ---

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro + Final Cut Express 4 = Fail!

2009-01-02 Thread Adam Jochum
Sounds about right, I've been working with FCE4 on a 2GB MBP, and it's been taking 2 hours to render 8 minutes of footage. It's to be expected. That said, I've been very happy with the results! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Sheldon Pineo" wrote: > > Ok folks. Santa brought me a 4gig

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro questions

2008-12-20 Thread Steve Watkins
I'll add a few things that probably arent too important but I'll say em anyway... Yes the new 17" is 1920 res, but unlike the 15" it is still available in a matte version as wel as glossy. To be honest 17" is a bit small for that res anyway. There are some nicely priced 22 and 24" monitors that ca

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-18 Thread Irene Duma
-8205 From: Rupert Reply-To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:10:40 -0800 To: Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing Also, it's important to consider the type of storage. If you live in a major western city, you'd be crazy not to also backup onto optical disk

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-18 Thread Rupert
Also, it's important to consider the type of storage. If you live in a major western city, you'd be crazy not to also backup onto optical disks and bury them at 4-5 feet, so that your data can survive the electromagnetic pulse that follows a nuclear explosion. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-18 Thread Lan Bui
One more thing to considernis off site archives as well. Have a friend store your old drives and you store old drives for a friend. That way you have backups physically in another location in case of a disaster. -Lan www.LanBui.com (Sent from my iPhone)

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-18 Thread Irene Duma
: 12 Allan Square St. John's, NL A1C 4A8 T. 709-726-6178 C.709-699-8205 From: Michael Verdi Reply-To: Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:16:03 -0600 To: Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing Yeah, hard drives. Over the years I've lost a pretty good amount of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Yeah, hard drives. Over the years I've lost a pretty good amount of things. A couple of weeks ago I had FCP just randomly freeze while capturing video and it messed my drive up. I had to use the special scavenge mode in Disk Warrior to fix it. So now I have a NewerTech mirrored raid so everything i

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Irene Duma
Argh. My kingdom for the perfect harddrive. I had had no problem with Lacie¹s until this 1TB beast. It hasn¹t died, but crashes my Finder all the time. Google searches showed that Lacie¹s cause many crashes. Not good. I keep it off till I do a major backup, then turn it off immediately after. I ha

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Rick Rey
> > www.davidterranova.com | blog.davidterranova.com | www.rebelrave.tv > > > > From: Irene Duma > > > Reply-To: "videoblogging@yahoogroups.com " > > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:46 -0330 > > To: > > > Subject: Re: [videoblog

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
I've had 3 Lacie power supplies fail (overheated I think) but not the actual drive mechanism itself. I just ordered replacement power supplies. Oh, these Lacie's run all the time, tons of read/writes, and they've done fairly well. Pete David Terranova wrote: > I vaguely remember a similar di

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread Brook Hinton
www.davidterranova.com | blog.davidterranova.com | www.rebelrave.tv > > From: Irene Duma > > Reply-To: "videoblogging@yahoogroups.com " > > > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:46 -0330 > To: > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing > &

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-17 Thread David Terranova
| www.rebelrave.tv From: Irene Duma Reply-To: "videoblogging@yahoogroups.com" Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:46 -0330 To: Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing Cool. I think then the macbook pro will be a sweet treat as long as my G5 will hold out. Ha

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-16 Thread Irene Duma
Cool. I think then the macbook pro will be a sweet treat as long as my G5 will hold out. Having the 2 would be good - to speed up Quicktime conversion. Oh, what size should I get. I have a 17 inch PC laptop. It¹s pretty big and heavy and though I love the screen size, portability is lost. So m

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing

2008-12-16 Thread Dom
I use a MacBook Pro for all of my editing. But I'll soon be upgrading to a MacPro tower. My MBP is a couple of years old but still reliably handles Final Cut Pro and my HD footage. It's not the fastest of the bunch, but it does its job. A brand new MBP should be fine, so long as you don't need to d

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-12 Thread taulpaulmpls
My version has the Santa Rosa and LED screen from 8 mos ago. It's hands down the most solid computer I've ever owned. I usually have most of the Adobe Suite and FCP open all at the same time. 4 gigs of RAM helps. I would suggest it to anyone. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verd

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Watkins
Ahh theres such a lovely performance boost between the G4 and these Intel Dualcore CPU's so you should be pleased with how the new machine performs :) I dont think the extra graphics RAM will do much for you, would give slightly better performance in a few things, eg Apple Motion, but better CPU,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-11 Thread Michael Verdi
I have a 2 yr old 2GHz, 2GB ram, 128MB video card, first revision MBP and I use it every day for editing HD video. I love it. I would love to have a new MacPro but I don't want to sacrifice portability and I can't afford one as a second machine. I'll probably keep this one another year and wait for

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-11 Thread Heath
"love it" bah! long live the glorious PC and Windows down with the evil cult of Mac, did you know that it's all "those" mac people who are creating all the computer viris's? And they are also responable for global warming, and they snore alot and have bad breath! Man.I really wish I had

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Watson
Thanks Steve David, I'm currently using a g4 12" Mac pro laptop, I forgot the actually name... and a g4 iBook. I'll be cutting high motion video, not HD yet, perhaps in the future, but HIGH motion. I'm looking to create some instructional DVDs and bump up the quality of our online show prese

[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Watkins
Ive got the previous generation macbook pro 2.4ghz. From what Ive read, the new ones are better for battery life & heat, but not necessarily performance. (Less L2 cache on the CPU could be the reason for that). I dont think you'll see a noticable difference in performance between the 2.4 and