on 12/13/04 11:02 PM, Steve Hardy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like more RAM, but right now it's not in the > cards. Between the Burner and the firewire A/V > converter, I'm pretty much way over budget as it is. > It'll have to wait a bit, unless I can find some at > the recyclers. > > That said, I visited an Apple store today, and one of > the reps said iMovie should do exactly what I need. I > poked at it a little in the store while he watched and > figured out a couple things. When I got home I had my > first successful tape capture where the video and > audio are in sync plus a burn of a real video DVD. The > only thing I'd like to do right now is designate a > different drive for iMovie to store clips. There > doesn't seem to be any place to change that info.
Yes, iMovie is probably your best bang-for-the-buck as far as video editing on your machine. I have an S900/G4/400Mhz upgraded machine w/OSX 10.2.8, 528MB RAM, and an external Firewire Pioneer A105 DVD burner. It does the job, albeit somewhat sluggish using Final Cut Pro (takes more resources than iMovie). I'm also using DVD Studio Pro 2 for DVD editing; it's like molasses on my machine, but it does work - so far I've edited and authored two DVDs of family video and working on the third. What are you using for DVD software? > BTW, Will was right about storage. That 5 minute movie > with no compression takes up a gig. My 160 gig drive > is starting to look puny, and I've only had it a > couple weeks! It's a good thing most of the things I > want to archive are in the 4-6 minute range for > performances. Actually, DV video is compressed (approximately 5:1 ratio) - so 5 minutes/GB isn't bad compared to uncompressed video ... ;). BTW, there are software patches to get Apple DVD Player to work with your external FW DVD-R drive: For OS9 <http://www.os9forever.com/DVDPlayer.html> For OSX <http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/download4.html> -- Gregg -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
