Video editing on a Mac...help
 

Hi people,
anyone doing videoediting on a Mac?
I have a pre intel G5 machine dualcore 2 ghz, with 2Gb ram and was curious to know if it can edit HD quite rapidly. I've tried to paly an HD movie (300Mb) made with a canon 5D and it goes jumping instead to fluently run...horrible!
Can you please give me some advices? Better to implement the one I have or better change machine?
thanks

HD video editing is a bitch on even the highest of "high-end" systems.

Unfortunately, your system does not even come close.

Do you think the new IMac can do the job?

Not really

Can be done on a G5 as well, just takes longer.

That will be about twice as fast as on your G5

And about 4 times slower then if you were to get an intel 8 core mac desktop

So you mean the intel 8 desktop is just right for it...

hahahahaha

Your'e suprised that HD video is a system hog? You have bigger problems that not having a fast enough computer.

the intel imac with 2.3g ram handled HD fine editing in final cut, no lag or delay. I did it for a while. Exporting converting and importing files can be real slow though. Rule of thumb daphy, buy the fastest product you can afford. it's only gonna get faster. Good choice in the 5d, now go get the sweetest mac you can buy

Hd editing isn't made for Imac's .. you need a min of 4 gigs of ram to run FCP HD 6.0 or higher

Thanks burntfilm, hoped to save some euros but it seems not the time ;-)

What do you mean? You are scaring me ;-)

Thanks Vidvicious, yes I heard FCP sucks.

That is a brilliant machine for it yes, below is the entry level.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...ro?mco=MTE3MDU

Not made for but CAN handle it if its all you can afford, sure as hell better then a G5 :)

Better price in USA than Italy...;-)

Got it, bye bye G5.

Whatever you do, use Final Cut Pro. Don't settle for shitty video editors.

Will follow your advice, thanks hypedough ;-)

Final Cut Express is very good, but if you do not have the cash for that IMOVIE HD version 6. ( not 7) is great and for simple chopping and water marking quicktime is a winner.

I am sorry I tried to find Imovie 6 but it is no longer available. Sorry!
You can find the info for water marking in Quicktime Pro here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8071152AAgFy9C

you can edit or view the 5D footage on FCP on your current system but you need to transcode it to a usable codec. You will lose some image quality. The video feature on a 5D is mostly a novelty since it records in 4:2:0 color space and H.264 If you transcode into another codec you will lose a lot of the ability to color correct and image control. However, if you wish to just view the clip, transcode then set your FCP to dynamic. You should be able to view it without skipping even on your G5, if you add a little more RAM.

Thanks Raym!

Interesting...please, where's the dynamic feature on FCP?
Thanks

under system settings and playback control. You do need to transcode the footage first and have 4gb of ram.

Thank you very much Silver, I'll go give a try!