DV Video editing

[imported_ceefka]

I am looking at different options, but it seems to narrow down to Adobe Premiere Elements or Pinnacle Studio 10. Pinnacle offers also the 500 and 700 PCI versions. I know the PCI version will enable me to capture VHS video, and the 700 brings you real time images on a TV screen. To me that doesn't look very needful.

Is there any reason to choose the PCI version over the "just software" version? Does it do any additional work?

My PC has onboard FW400/800, NV6200 128MB video card, 2GB RAM, 3 300GB S-ATA drives, AMD63 3800+ X2 and the obligatory DVD burner.

 

[gsellis]

Only if you need VHS (hardware required or use a DV camera that provides pass-through). Still, with DV, you do need firewire, which you have. Pinnacle also makes a USB BOB (Break Out Box), but forget the model (or is that the 500 - they changed the names after Avid bought them).

BTW, you system is fine for both packages. Make sure you have the latest video drivers.

The real-time to TV is a monitor. It allows you to make sure everything is in the safe zone (what you see is not what you get - TV clips the edges) and that your colors are correct (NTSC TV <> CRT). I need it (and don't have it), but you probably would not.

 

[imported_ceefka]

So the card holds no specialized CPU for rendering or other video related tasks other than the extra (analogue) i/o?

Our main TV to watch this material on is a 32" Samsung LCD TV that I can feed directly from the VGA or DVI to HDMI-port. Of course there is a DVD player too. I have a workaround to check it on a CRT. Guess I'll be fine then.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: ceefka
So the card holds no specialized CPU for rendering or other video related tasks other than the extra (analogue) i/o?

Our main TV to watch this material on is a 32" Samsung LCD TV that I can feed directly from the VGA or DVI to HDMI-port. Of course there is a DVD player too. I have a workaround to check it on a CRT. Guess I'll be fine then.

As far as I remember, no. Just Analog to Digital. The more advanced, the better denoising and audio sync.

As for just playing stuff, some of the home theater cards are cheap. My ATI AIW will do HD out (my editor has an undocumented feature of doing HD monitor out, but not SD through the AIW - this will not work with others.)

 

[imported_ceefka]

Great. That settles it then. Thank you for your insight, gsellis.