Video editting system

[hypeMarked]

I've read all the video editting system and made choices but got stuck on the video card. I have read here and became confuse. I never knew video card can help video editing? Can someone help me decide on a video card that would help on the video editing part yet doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks

 

[gsellis]

They are not talking about video cards. They are talking about video editing cards. The editing card usually has Firewire and Analog video (s-video, composite) inputs/outputs. It may also have a breakout box (you will see that also referenced as the BOB) that also includes a PAL or NTSC monitor connection. Really advanced cards (read 'expensive' as in $25000) have connections for Beta and some of the advanced video formats.

But, a video card can help. A faster card can give better results in HD display and reviewing complex effects such as multiple Picture in Picture, but that might be marginal. Pinnacle Liquid Edition and, to a much lesser degree, Studio 9 use the GPU on the video card to render some effects. Pinnacle has used Direct3D to render their GPU effects. A fast GPU can increase the speed of the background render of the effects. A fast GPU also allows for more layers to play in real-time in the editor. With my system, I can get about 10-13 layers to play in the in-editor monitor in real-time. A faster card will probably yield a bit more (waiting for Gateway to actually ship the X800 XT PE). The new ATI and nVidia cards also have MPEG4 and WMV encode/decode chips that should help with renders as the software evolves.

 

[hypeMarked]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Is there any recommendation for a video editing cards?

 

[gsellis]

What do you want to edit and with what? If it is something basic, Pinnacle Studio Moviebox DV may be what you want. A step up would be the Canopus AVDC 100. After that, not sure. I know of success with Liquid Edition Pro, but it does have some issues. After that, no experience.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Software is just now getting to a place where it offloads some of the rendering tasks to the GPU, but the CPU is still the beast of burden. GPU's typically help out w/3D FX (obviously) but the use of 3D FX is usually few and far between. If I was on a budget I'd still give more weight to the CPU. Get a solid 2D card w/at least dual monitor support and get the fastest CPU(s) you can afford.


Lethal

 

[hypeMarked]

I would use it to edit mostly movies recorded from my DV camcorder.