For the first time ever, I’m pretty happy with my video editing rig. It’s nothing too extravagant, but the performance is finally acceptable.
For one thing, I’m able to suck in video over Firewire to my 7200rpm drives, while copying 5Gb of files over the network, while blogging. My CPU never went about 20%.
It would be nice if I could suck in video at a speed faster than real-time, but I’m happy that I can finally import all of that data without choking my machine.
My new machine is only mid-range. It’s a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 with HT technology. This gives me 2 cores to play with. I upgraded to 2GB of RAM. This is more than I need, but I accidentally placed 2 1GB orders instead of 1. The first order said it was on back-order, so I ordered from a different vendor. Both showed up and I could not resist installing both. I’m weak, what can I say?
My camcorder is new and I love it. I got a Canon GL2. The unit is kind of bulky, but the quality difference between this camcorder and my last JVC unit is huge. My old clunker was one of the original DV cameras made, kind of 1st generation. The quality of video in low-light conditions was particularly poor. The loading and ejection mechanics needed a gentle nudge to get tapes in and out. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the on/off switch breaking off. For months, I had to hold it in place and carefully turn it between record, play and off positions. Eventually, the button just plain fell off for good.
Posted by Nick Codignotto at May 16, 2004 12:04 AM | TrackBack