Computer for video editing
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April 24, 2009 at 6:18 PM #40319
joebloggs
ParticipantA friend of mine wants to build a computer for doing video editing and mixing. What sort of hardware would he need and I dont know what difference this makes but he says video size will be 1920 X 1080
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April 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM #173200
composite1
MemberJoe,
Check out the discussions on the ‘To Build or Not to Build’ Post.
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April 26, 2009 at 12:20 AM #173201
birdcat
ParticipantJust a quick bit of advice – 1920 X 1080 is high definition – Think the fastest, most powerful monster you can build and he will do fine. Seriously, nothing less than a decent speed Core 2 Duo (Core 2 Quad or higher would be better), at least 2GB RAM (4GB or more would be better), more hard drive space than you can imagine set up in a RAID-6 configuration (seriously, five terabytes would be my staring dream machine).
Now all this may be out of your friends (monetary) reach but hey, you asked – If money were no object, I’d probably spend somewhere around $5,000 – yes that was five thousand dollars – on my editing box, then add about another five grand for software and royalty free assets (already have a few thousand sunk int those already).
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April 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM #173202
Anonymous
InactiveI agree with birdcat’s specced system, but I think you can build that system for $2k.
I can not recommend any of the name-brand pc’s out there, I believe them to all be junk.
My recommendation:
Asus P5 MB + quad core $400
4G Ram………. $50
video card ….$200
WinXP…………$140
2x 1T hd set up as RAID 1 … $200 (seagate or maxtor… NO WESTERN DIGITAL!)
your favorite case and power supply: $200
he already has the mouse and keyboard.make sure your monitor(s) can display 1920×1080!
and as composite pointed out, by all means check out the other thread.
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April 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM #173203
joebloggs
ParticipantThanks for the feedback guys. I think ive a fair idea of the spec now but what capture cards would be good for taking live feeds from cameras and outputing them on a screen. he wants to be able to takes feeds from 3 cameras. I understand firewire is not suitable for this as there is 1/2 second delay and this needs to be live.
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April 27, 2009 at 7:37 PM #173204
composite1
MemberJoe,
Have you looked into New Tek’s Tricaster? Their systems have RCA and firewire connectors if the delay is an issue. Check them out at B&H.
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April 28, 2009 at 9:25 PM #173205
joebloggs
ParticipantHave looked at them but the price is out of his league unfortunately plus to have to get a computer for video editing on top of that is way too much
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