What spec PC is acceptable for dv editing and analogue to digital conversion? Is this one ok?greenspun.com : LUSENET : Editing DV Films : One Thread |
Hi, I would like to buy a PC. I am in my final year at Uni, but don't know what my plans ae for next year i.e. in Britain or not - this will affect how much I spend on a PC. I basically want to capture VHS onto CD or harddrive with very good quality if possible. Also, i want to be able to capture DV from a digital video camera. Basically I'm a beginner DV capture enthusiast based on a still image manipulating experience with Adobe Photoshop 6. I would like to capture some footage at Uni and make into a cd for mates, and also save my VHS collection from deterioration!! I'm looking at minimising my costs but I know a good system costs a lot of money. Just wondering if the folowing spec sounds good enough:XP1600+ MAXTOR 40GB HDD 7200rpm 256MB DDR MEMORY Super ATI Radeon VE 64MB AGP VGA TV Out + DVI 16X40 DVD-ROM DRIVE 16X10X40 CD-RW ELITE ECS K7S5A MOTHERBOARD
Plus a ADS PYRO ProDV (Platinum Bundle)
Can you suggest improvements to the system or an outright disapproval. Please help me! Cheers
-- James Tinker (esvjr@csv.warwick.ac.uk), March 05, 2002
Disk space goes fast -- input avi files require about 2GB for 10 minutes. If you are going to do any editing double that to allow for intermediate work files.I don't know what the ADS PYRO ProDV Platinum Bundle includes, but it does not appear to me that it provides analog video I/O. I am still looking for a low cost quality solution here myself.
Be aware that DVD-ROM disks cannot be read on DVD players -- only on your computer.
If you are not tied to a PC, check out IMAC.
-- Dan Miles (dfmiles@pacbell.net), April 03, 2002.