Can I use VS9 to edit HDV with my VAIO? Help Please.

Studio9 · Post by **Studio9** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:49 am

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone help me clarify whether my computer is compatible with using Video Studio 9 to edit HDV?

I saw in the Ulead website, it said that,
Recommended System Requirements for HDV:

CPU:
P4 3GHz and up, or equivalent

Memory:
512MB or above

Display Card:
PCI Express VGA card, nVidia 6600 equivalent and up

So, I wonder if my specification will be compatible or not?
Now, I'm using Sony Vaio Type S, VGN-S93S
- 13.3'' WXGA
- Windows XP Home (SP2)
- nVidia Geforce Go 6200 with TurboCache (128 MB)
- Pentium M750 (1.86 GHz)
- 1 GB RAM
- 100 GB Harddisk
Please help. I really have no knowledge about this stuff

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:05 pm

The "Pentium M" series processor is part of the "Centrino" family and (strictly speaking) is not a Pentium 4. That said, most applications that call for Pentium 4 will work equally well with a Centrino chip. However in your case, the recommended clock speed is 3.0Ghz and your processor runs at 1.86Ghz which is substantially slower. The M750 is a fairly fast processsor as far as notebook PC's are concerned but it would appear you are underpowered versus the HDV specification. Does that necessarily mean it won't work? Your guess is as good as mine

-Mike

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:18 pm

But the pentium m's have different speeds to P4's so a 1.86 is actually equivalent ot about 2.8 if I remember right, so it may just about do it.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:28 pm

If you want to EDIT high definition video, you will need to upgrade your computer to 3GHz, 1GB memory, and more than 100 GB of free disk space. My 3GHz Pentium 4 plays back edited mpeg2 HD video at 1440 X 1080i frame rate fairly smoothly, but the CPU runs 85 - 100% busy. It chokes on complex transitions but recovers well. It can produce HD video files of the edited project that play through the transitions smoothly.

For more info on HD editing with VS9 see http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... highlight=
John

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:22 pm

skier-hughes wrote:But the pentium m's have different speeds to P4's so a 1.86 is actually equivalent ot about 2.8 if I remember right, so it may just about do it.

Twice the clocking speed of a Pentium 4? If true, I've not heard such a claim before. My perception has been that Centrino M chips were primarily known for slower clock speeds but improved WiFi compatibility and lower battery consumption (in notebook PC's) versus standard Pent 4. Well, In any case I doubt his notebook is up to par for HD editing.

rwindeyer · Post by **rwindeyer** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:50 am

For what it's worth: I have owned a Centrino notebook for a couple of years now; first a 1.6 then a 1.8 Gh, with 512 RAM.

Intel used to be very strong on clock speed (faster is better); when the Centrino was developed they had to do an about-face. This chip is developed especially for laptops; it features a large onboard cache, more work per cycle, and low power consumption. So a lower clock speed isn't so important; I have heard it quoted that a 1.6 Centrino will outperform a 2.4 P4.

From personal experience, I have had no trouble whatever doing standard video editing (VS 7, 8 and 9) and burning (MyDVD) using my setup. At a guess I would say that a 1.86 Centrino should handle the demands of HDV editing quite OK.

Studio9 · Post by **Studio9** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:09 am

Thank you all very much for your reply

So, I guess my computer will not compatible to edit HDV then

From now on I have to decide, right? Either I should upgrade and use my PC instead of Notebook or I should find some other HDV editing program that might suit my VAIO specification?

Thanks you guys a million again for all your help