B Yen wrote: > I've been using iMovie HD 5 the last year (just upgrade to iMovie HD 6 > yesterday, haven't played with it) with a Sony FX1 HD camcorder (even > more overkill than a HC1). I have a Powerbook 1.5G G4 (256mb of > memory!? I'm upgrading to 2G). I also get captures at 1/4 or 1/8 > speed, to the internal HD.
I have a similar setup - except that I have the HC1, 1GB of memory, and I've switched to Final Cut Express. It is just much better at capturing HDV in realtime. Ultimately, it was $99 for iLife 06 and $300 for FCE, so I opted to upgrade. Plus you get all the great filters, plug-ins, etc. that you'd have to pay more for with iMovie HD. Having a solid color correction filter is really starting to make my work look better. > What FW800 drive are you using? I'm just using a Western Digital 120G > external (FW), to save projects in. I think I'm getting bandwidth > issues if I try to edit projects on this external drive: hitting > "play" sometimes doesn't result in any playback of frames. ?? Not sure what specific model HD I have, but I meant to say FW 400, which is what my 12" powerbook is using. The fact that to capture to the external drive I have to have my camera chained through the drive is causing some bus overload, I believe. Either that, or the processor. Ultimately, I've found that for now, converting to DV when I am doing quick "videoblog" style work is the best option. HDV is nice to have for certain occasions where you'd like to use the footage down the round. > I'm thinking of upgrading to Final Cut Express, but opted to just go > with iLife '06 (iMovie HD 6). The latter does the job for me: quick > out-in-the-field edits, for offroad race videos that get blogged to > http://jumplive.blogspot.com. iMovie is great and amazingly powerful. I think with a slightly underpowered setup, Final Cut Express handles HD a tad better. +nathan Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
