EDITING DVCPRO HD-Whats required?
Q: OK, let’s start looking at real HD. What about that DVCPRO HD stuff Apple was crowing about last year? I heard there’s a new camera coming out from Panasonic for $6000 that shoots this format later this year? Panasonic’s $65,000 Varicam shoots 720p at any frame rate from 4 to 60 fps. As for cheaper options, pep – the HVX200 from Panasonic will record 720p or 1080p or 1080i DVCPRO HD, and should be very impressive. Records onto P2 cards, but that’s another topic. As for editing it: a 1 GHz G4 or better is required (this includes any G5), single or dual processor. So no, your old dual 500 doesn’t count, and I don’t know about dual 867’s, Apple is saying they aren’t fast enough. And minimal specs are usually MINIMAL specs, so 1 GHz is the threshold that matters. Laptops count in this category though – I can edit Varicam footage on my 12″ PowerBook (even if I can’t see all the pixels in the video, even in full screen mode). If you have a G3, you are apparently SOL in the modern world. T
