Hey all. I have a client who wants to buy VideoStudio 9 and the HDV plug-in. I was reading the "recommended" system requirements on the HDV plug-in page, but I wanted to ask what you guys thought. Here's his current system:
P4 3.0Ghz HT
Intel 875P Chipset
2GB Corsair PC-3200 Dual Channel
30GB ATA133 System Drive
2x320GB WD KS (16MB) Drives In RAID 0 for Editing Workspace
ATI X700 Pro 256MB AGP8X
He also does a lot of SD editing in Premiere using a Matrox RT.X100. By and large, his system can handle the plug-in, except that it suggests a GeForce 6600 PCI-E which has mainboard cannot do. Will his current AGP card do the job or will he experience poor performance and stuttering unless he upgrades to PCI-E? Doing so will require the replacement of about half the components in the system. Thanks for your help!
HDV Plug-In System Requirements
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My primary video computer is a Asus P4C800E Deluxe mother board (Intel 875 Chip set) with 3Gb of memory, 3.0HT processor, Nvidia 4400 8X AGP video card. I have a few problems with jerkey captures and previews, however the jerkeyness goes away after the file is rendered. That is with VS9 and MSP8.
I don't have that problem with Movie factory 5. The HD capture and preview works fine. I think it has some thing to do with the new programs being more efficient.
It depends on what you are going to do with your HD content on which program you should use, but I highly reccomend MF5 for the capture and creation of HD material.
If you need to edit your HD material you will need either MSP8 or VS9.
MSP8 is the only Ulead program so far that will output HD video back to HD tape.
You might want to download the trial version of MSP8 and Movie Factory 5 because both programs support HD in the trial. Video Studio does not.
I don't have that problem with Movie factory 5. The HD capture and preview works fine. I think it has some thing to do with the new programs being more efficient.
It depends on what you are going to do with your HD content on which program you should use, but I highly reccomend MF5 for the capture and creation of HD material.
If you need to edit your HD material you will need either MSP8 or VS9.
MSP8 is the only Ulead program so far that will output HD video back to HD tape.
You might want to download the trial version of MSP8 and Movie Factory 5 because both programs support HD in the trial. Video Studio does not.
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jchunter
I haven't tried MF, yet.
So far, VS9 is doing everything that I want it to do. The capture preview stalls and playback of edited video from the timeline hesitates but I expect that these minor problems will be fixed in version 10. All the edit controls work fine in VS9. I do not miss m2t export capability because I would never use the HC1 as a playback device.
I have been most impressed with the problem-free way that VS9 can transcode high definition video using the Divx and Xvid codecs because this is the key to putting more then an hour of high definition on ordinary DVDs. I'm playing it back in full resolution (with the IOData AVLP2).
What are you using for HD playback?
So far, VS9 is doing everything that I want it to do. The capture preview stalls and playback of edited video from the timeline hesitates but I expect that these minor problems will be fixed in version 10. All the edit controls work fine in VS9. I do not miss m2t export capability because I would never use the HC1 as a playback device.
I have been most impressed with the problem-free way that VS9 can transcode high definition video using the Divx and Xvid codecs because this is the key to putting more then an hour of high definition on ordinary DVDs. I'm playing it back in full resolution (with the IOData AVLP2).
What are you using for HD playback?
John:
I have a JVC DH4000U High Definition D-VHS recorder, it works with my Dvico High Definition Capture card (FusionHDTV3 RT Gold). It also works with MSP8 so I can save my HD video to tape. Interfaces thru my 1394/iLink port on my computer. It has all the standard in/outputs plus 1394/iLink and composite video. I can playback HD or SD video on HDTV or Standard TV, its fun to play with.
The reason I suggest MF5 is because the capture process is not jerkey like the caputre module in VS9 or MSP8.
You might want to download the trial version of MF5 and use the capture module, just a suggestion.
I have a JVC DH4000U High Definition D-VHS recorder, it works with my Dvico High Definition Capture card (FusionHDTV3 RT Gold). It also works with MSP8 so I can save my HD video to tape. Interfaces thru my 1394/iLink port on my computer. It has all the standard in/outputs plus 1394/iLink and composite video. I can playback HD or SD video on HDTV or Standard TV, its fun to play with.
The reason I suggest MF5 is because the capture process is not jerkey like the caputre module in VS9 or MSP8.
You might want to download the trial version of MF5 and use the capture module, just a suggestion.
Re: HDV Plug-In System Requirements
If for some reson he needs a better video card, he won't need to go for a PCIE mobo and card - 6600GT's are available as AGP cards.Parallax Abstraction wrote:Will his current AGP card do the job or will he experience poor performance and stuttering unless he upgrades to PCI-E? Doing so will require the replacement of about half the components in the system. Thanks for your help!
JVC GR-DV3000u Panasonic FZ8 VS 7SE Basic - X2