Agreed. The only reason you'd build this thing yourself is if you already knew what you were doing. This doesn't preclude getting/building a pc, but if editing video is what you want to do and not build a pc and test it etc etc...look at Betty's advice.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor Subervi <[email protected]> escribió: > > > I need to build a machine that will enable me to edit video. I've been >> told >> I should have circa 16 gigs of RAM and two graphics cards. I also have an >> opportunity to pick up a desktop from a cyber cafe that's going out of >> business at a bargain price. The computers are only a year old. >> > > > Victor, > > Why build a computer when you can buy one designed for video? Most Macs are > designed out of the box to edit video, including some good editing and > authoring software. > > What kind of video? Pro? Amateur? Home videos? Most pros I know use MacBook > Pro notebooks if they're on site, iMacs or Mac Pros in studio. 16GB of RAM > is excessive, since most computers can't use that much and most software > can't either. You could use 6GB in a Mac Pro, but the software you'd need > for that is about $1000 [FCP studio]. There may still be a free version of > Avid DV, and there's Jahshaka open source. You don't need an extra video > card with a Mac. It's built in. For special effects you might want a video > card with more RAM in a Mac Pro, but probably won't need it. Do you do > animation? > > I've been editing video on my 24" iMac lately. It's an early 2008 2.4GHz > version, 3GB RAM. I also use my MacBook. What kind of video camera? Does it > have FireWire? SD card? Is it HD? How will you transfer the video from your > camera to your computer? FireWire is better. > > Don't buy or build a PC for video. It takes at least twice as long to get > the same result as a Mac, if you can get it at all. I've edited film and > video since the days of editing with a knife and tape, and did video on a > Mac IIfx. You need a Mac. You won't regret it [since Amiga isn't around for > video any more]. > > Betty > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
