My experience here at work is that for the transfer of video files and subsequent writing to a DVD/ CD that laptop or PC specs don't matter much as it's tied to the capabilities of the USB port ( or in your case, FireWire ) for incoming data, and for the speed of the drive for the writing. Encoding video is a different animal. If you're encoding or transcoding video files my suggestion is go for more RAM , minimum 2GB's, if you're going to be using Pinnacle or the other higher end suites for editing and encoding. I honestly don't know if any of the software out there has been written to take advantage of dual core chips yet, but a higher end processor certainly won't hurt. If you happen to need a really capable, free video format converter for windows I would suggest the Prism converter, http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/
Dave David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [email protected] www.upstatedigitools.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Harvey Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] DV Editing laptop recommendations I'm thinking about replacing my old desktop pc with a new laptop, and I want to be able to create/edit/burn dvd's from my DV camera. The camera I have is a few years old (Sony) and has a "Firewire" connection. Not sure what the newer cameras are using to transfer videos, I see some use Flashdrives? Any recommendations as to what laptops can handle this, if any... James E Harvey Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. M.I.S./Corresponding Officer Off: 717-637-8931 fax: 717-637-6766 email: [email protected] [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/007901c97b44$62dbbbd0$289333...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
