This is my first post here so please bare with me. I'm going to purchase a Canon HV20 in the near future and I'm interested in the Movie Factory 6 software for HD editing. I have never owned a camcorder or used video software before. I think I filled in the blanks correctly on the my system form but if I didn't I can certainly change it. For all practical purposes will my system be able to manage the software? If not, should I be looking at upgrading, overclocking or just get a better system. The system is only four months old but I'm open to your advice and comments.
Thanks
Jake
My system and Movie Factory 6
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Jake Ironshirt
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Jake Ironshirt
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sjj1805,sjj1805 wrote:Your system is more than adequate for MovieFactory 6+.
Why not download the 30 day free trial - although it has limited content compared to the full version it is a fully working copy.
Thank you for the reply I appreciate it and also for looking at my system set-up. Even though I don't have a HD camcorder yet I will download the free trial to become familiar with it.
Jake
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Jake Ironshirt
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I have another question I'm hoping to have answered if you don't mind. In general are the Ulead high definition editing and movie products more software driven than hardware required?sjj1805 wrote:Your system is more than adequate for MovieFactory 6+.
Why not download the 30 day free trial - although it has limited content compared to the full version it is a fully working copy.
Thank you
Jake
HighDefinition requires a good combination of both the software & hardware together. I recommend a 2nd large harddisk on the computer dedicated for video and audio data files along with an external USB disk for porting the videos to other consumer devices and backup. I use a program called HDVSplit to capture direct to an external usb harddisk formatted in FAT32 (breaks the files into 4gig segments, aboout 20 minutes of video per file). Then plug that external Harddisk into a SonyPlaystation 3 and view them directly. You can also do this using a LinkPlayer2 consumer playback device.I have another question I'm hoping to have answered if you don't mind. In general are the Ulead high definition editing and movie products more software driven than hardware required?
You can also do this using MF6+ or VS10+/VS11+. The reason I use HDVSplit a lot is the program strictly captures and uses very little cpu usage. I preview the video on the camcorders LCD screen.
The term editing, rendering and format conversions depends on what your doing.
If your working with hd-mpeg2 a 3Ghz HT Pentium 4 works OK for editing & rendering. A Dual-Core machine is faster, not technically required though.
But, if your camcorder records in the AVCHD (H264) format then having a fast intel dual-core machine would be much better to convert the AVCHD to an editable format or burn to a HD-DVD or DVD. Right now I more or less avoid the AVCHD format because it's really a shoot & play format. Software editing & hardware are still catching up in the AVCHD area of video.
I record & edit hd-mpeg2 (same as the HV20 records in) on 2 computers, a 2.8 & 3.2 intel based P4 computers. But if I were to purchase a new windows based machine it would be a Core2-Duo or Xeon processor computer along with the extra harddisks. HighDefintiion video takes up a good amount of space on a harddisk. 5 Minutes is about 1 gigabyte or storage.
For playing back the HighDefintion video files on the computer it's mandatory to have a HD-Certified Video Card along with HD-Certified Software Players.
For external hardware playback I use a PlayStation3 and a LinkPlayer2 connected to a HDTV. There are other devices out now that can playback the HighDef Video such as the HD-DVD players or expensive Blu-Ray players.
Hope this helps.