[videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-29 Thread adam mercado
Don't think replacing your video display card is going to affect your ability to capture video from your camera. The ATI display card handles playback display only. Unless you have something like an AJA or BlackMagic you wont need a hardware dependent codec. The hard drives should not have

[videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Watkins
Im not entirely convinced its your graphics card. Maybe try the advice on discussions such as the following to make sure it isnt a codec quicktime/fcp/OS X isue? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6413218 Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey

[videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Watkins
Or maybe this sort of issue could be caused by graphics card, but when I look on the net I find sites telling me that the Radeon 9800 Pro is a Quartz Extreme capable card. Is OS X reporting that the card has that capability? (I guess system profiler will tell you) Cheers Steve Elbows ---

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-28 Thread Jose Nuno Pereira
Hi again, that is strange because my mac mini, one of the first ones, i remember that don't have that quartz extreme stuff, at list it doesn't ripple like water on the dashboard... and it always worked with HDV, nowadays i use my macbook (non pro), but at the time it worked without any

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-28 Thread John Coffey
Thanks Jose and Steve, I bought the G5 with FCP 5 installed. The original disks were traded in by previous owner for universal version. It worked fine till I erased and installled Leopard then used drag and drop to reinstall FCP 5. I'm able to log and capture DV but very buggy now and no time

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video card needed for HD FCP or iMovie

2008-01-28 Thread Michael Verdi
On Jan 28, 2008 3:26 PM, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jose and Steve, I bought the G5 with FCP 5 installed. The original disks were traded in by previous owner for universal version. It worked fine till I erased and installled Leopard then used drag and drop to reinstall