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Enough performance to edit on AVID?

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(@24framessec)
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Hi,

let me start with some info about

1) my PC:

AMD Sempron Processor 2600+,
K8NF4G-SATA2
1.61 GHz, 1,18 GB RAM
Windows XP Prof, Service Pack 2.
internal hard drive: 30 GB (could be enhanced)

2) about the software:

AVID Xpress Pro 5.5.3

3) about the footage:

shot on Panasonic HVX200.

Now the question:

is it possible to edit the material (offline) on this system?

My attempts so far to import the material (recorded on P2Cards, now on a huge external hard drive), have not worked out. The message appearing is "The file format ___.xml is not supported for import).

Or am I making a mistake in importing the files?

Thanks!

 
Posted : 26/11/2007 10:29 am
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You'll definitely want a second hard disk; the HVX footage is 100Mbps if I remember correctly, which really wants a disk of its own for best performance.

I'm not sure about the CPU; I edit HDV on Avid using a P4-3.06, but a Sempron may be too slow for DVCPRO HD, which seems to be even more CPU-intensive.

Not sure about importing, but I'm not sure why you're importing .xml files; isn't P2 video stored as .mxf?

 
Posted : 27/11/2007 9:42 pm
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