Is anyone using a blu & white G3 for DV editing? I have a Sony DSR200AP camera and a Sony DSR30P VTR deck - both are DVCAM format. Do I need a DV card for playback on the Mac? Or does the G3 power handle the streaming. I am thinking of buying a 450 with the LVD SCSI setup. And what software is best for this type of editing: Premier; EditDV or FinalCut Pro- all thoughts appreciated.
Steve
Steve,
I am using the BW G3 for video editing and it works like a dream. I have the G3 300 with 196Mb Ram and added an additional UDMA IBM Deskstar 25Gb harddisk. No need for LVD SCSI as UDMA is more than quick enough for firewire. In addition I have overclocked my G3 300 so now it is running at 400Mhz with 200Mhz cache. Has been working fine for over a month. Although you do loose your warrenty doing that.
As a camera I use the Sony TRV900E which is the normal DV format. I must admit that I have read somewhere that the built-in ports or drivers from Apple do not support DVCAM. But you can always bring your camera to your Apple dealer and hook it up via firewire. A simple test to see whether it works is the Apple Videoplayer application which comes with the operating system so no need for Premiere, After Effects of FCP in the showroom.
Have fun...
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Jean-Paul
I've got a beige G3 and use EditDV, and it works very well. I had to buy the Radius firewire card because my G3 doesn't have a firewire port, but EditDV 1.6 works with the built-in port on the blue+white G3s so you wouldn't need a separate card.
You don't SCSI for DV editing, modern EIDE drives are plenty fast enough and a lot cheaper. (The oft-quoted myth about Mac accessories costing more than PCs is simply not true anymore, by the way. The hard drives and memory used these days are just standard PC components.)
If you're starting from scratch I would recommend going with EditDV. People who have used both EditDV and Premiere all seem to prefer EditDV (in terms of responsiveness, robustness and ease of use once the initial learning curve is passed). Final Cut Pro looks pretty good, but it costs twice as much as EditDV and is twice as slow at rendering.
-Rolf
This was, in essence, a duplicate query of the one posted yesterday, and which I replied to at 2am this morning.
[This message has been edited by bcrabtree (edited 08 July 1999).]
Jean-Paul
I stumbled across your posting whilst looking for something else and my eyes lit up when I saw that you have overclocked your B&W G3.
I have been overclocking PC's for years with great success and would like to try it with my G3 350. It looks like I need to change the jumpers next to the processor underneath the "Void Warranty" sticker - which is hanging off anyway.
Any details and links to informative sites would be greatly appreciated.
Darth