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I've cobbled together enough parts to assemble a video editing workstation. Here's what I've got:
MSI K7D Duallie mobo
2 x XP2400+ cps @ 2250 (15 x 150mhz) :D
1 gig (2 x 512mbs) ram
ATI AIW 9700 vid card
2 x WD 120 gig SE HDs (Raid 0)
Promise ATA100 Raid card
SIIG Firewire/USB 2.0 card
Plextor PX-708A/SW-BL 8x DVD+-R/RW Drive
Windoze XP Pro
Thoughts? Suggestions? Is 1 gig ram enough?
Looks pretty good Goob, might throw another drive in, maybe a 20 gig or so and move VM to it would be my only suggestion. That way you won't be doggin the Raid with Swap.
As far as the RAM goes???
Pretty respectable level also, but another 512 wouldn't hurt considering the intended task
from what i have read it is best to do the capture and editing on a seperate drive or drives in raid-0 and use 1 drive for the OS and what not.
Originally posted by Mark
from what i have read it is best to do the capture and editing on a seperate drive or drives in raid-0 and use 1 drive for the OS and what not.
Raid-0 isn't necessary for most systems. On a pure technical level, even a 5400rpm drive is fast enough to handle a DV codec.
But I do definately agree that you should have one system drive (with your OS, programs, etc.), and any video and such on seperate drives.
Jim, is it best to install the editing programs on the OS drive or the scratch drive ?
The scatch drive is just that, VM, it doesn't matter if the editing Proggy is on the same drive as the OS, as it will be working off the Scratch drive, if set up correctly.
I don,t worry about it to much now, but when I ws running 500 Mhz and under, I always had a free drive just for photoshop scratch disk.
Thanks for the suggestions, I will put the OS on an independent drive. I have not decided on any software yet, any suggestions on affordable video editing programs that take advantage of SMP processing?.
If I understand the rest of the recommendations, the editing software will be installed on the OS drive an vitural memory will be on the OS drive (C). Correct me if I'm wrong, nothing will run on the Raid drive (D) except the video file that's being rendered.
Originally posted by goobee
Thanks for the suggestions, I will put the OS on an independent drive. I have not decided on any software yet, any suggestions on affordable video editing programs that take advantage of SMP processing?.
If I understand the rest of the recommendations, the editing software will be installed on the OS drive an vitural memory will be on the OS drive (C). Correct me if I'm wrong, nothing will run on the Raid drive (D) except the video file that's being rendered.
VM on the Raid that will give you gobs of headroom, separate from the OS, and scatch to the raid.
As for video editing software, Jim or Zooner would probably be best to answer that
Ah I see, I could divide the Raid drive into 2 partitions (120gbs each) and put the VM on one of them and render on the other. Gotcha!
Goobee you're going into video editing? Cool. :cool:
Don't really know that much about video editing, but I think you want to put the OS on one independent HD and run all the video editing software stuff off from the fastest HD, in your case, RAID.
Looks like I'm going to try my hand with Adobe Premier. Scary thing is, I usually find Adobe stuff to have pretty steep learning curves. Wish me luck. :irate:
this (http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tutorials.htm) has some good tutorials for Adobe Premiere, good luck.
YeOldeStonecat
10-04-03, 11:31 AM
I'd not use the Promise.....vid editing, you want a single drive for your OS and programs, and at least one other completely separate drive for your "workspace/swapfile" of the program you use.
mountainman
10-04-03, 12:19 PM
I have been using Premiere for a couple years now on and off and I love it. It takes a little while to learn the little tricks and such, but once you learn it, it is VERY powerful.
Take the time to learn it well and you'll be glad you didn't opt for one of those "even a 2 year old can do it" programs.
Good luck, Goobee. If you ever have any questions about Premiere, let me know. I can usually help you with it, and if not, I know people who can.
Video editing rocks !
:)
Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
I'd not use the Promise.....vid editing, you want a single drive for your OS and programs, and at least one other completely separate drive for your "workspace/swapfile" of the program you use.
Actually, the guys above convinced me above to go with an independent hd for the OS. I will have a single 20gigger + the 2 x 120giggers in Raid. :D
Thanks for all the tips guys. :)
brianosmi
10-04-03, 04:31 PM
Originally posted by mountainman
I have been using Premiere for a couple years now on and off and I love it. It takes a little while to learn the little tricks and such, but once you learn it, it is VERY powerful.
Take the time to learn it well and you'll be glad you didn't opt for one of those "even a 2 year old can do it" programs.
Good luck, Goobee. If you ever have any questions about Premiere, let me know. I can usually help you with it, and if not, I know people who can.
Video editing rocks !
:)
Same here. I have also used Avid and Ulead, and still prefer Premiere over anything else. Once you pick up on the basics it is a much more powerful tool to use, very versatile. I use it alot for applying green screen effects.
Ran into a slight problem, the ATI AIW 9700 doesn't appear to like to run out of spec. Unfortunately, there is no extra AGP divider past 133fsb and I'm getting all kinds of video tearing and stuff. I backed the fsb down from 150 to 144 and it's stable.
With a non-ATI cand in there, the machine will run all day and all night. It's definitely the AIW card. :(
Originally posted by goobee
Ran into a slight problem, the ATI AIW 9700 doesn't appear to like to run out of spec. Unfortunately, there is no extra AGP divider past 133fsb and I'm getting all kinds of video tearing and stuff. I backed the fsb down from 150 to 144 and it's stable.
With a non-ATI cand in there, the machine will run all day and all night. It's definitely the AIW card. :(
Yep AIW cards are not very good overclockers since there are so much stuff on there. :(
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