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Hope I'm getting to the end of this
Oct. 23rd, 2008 08:37 pmI got the video editing software in today. I neglected to check the system requirements before ordering. I figured I had already played around with it on my machine (pirated copy) so I'd be OK.
Turns out that for editing AVCHD streams, which is what my camcorder produces, they REQUIRE (not "recommend") 2GB of RAM. My machine is a bit older and has 1G. Luckily RAM is dirt cheap these days, and I have a paypal balance from some ebay'in that covered the whole tab. I grabbed 2x1GB of DDR400 since I have two open slots. That puts me at 3GB which should be plenty. I picked "slow and free" for shipping method, but that's OK since there's no way I'd get it this weekend anyway.
My CPU is a bit weak, it's an AMD x64 single core 2.2 GHz (which they call a 3500+). It should do OK.
I've been trying to clear disk space. When I get to editing video in earnest, I'll probably pick up a dedicated 1TB external (plus a backup), but I'll leave that until probably after Christmas. I've already gotten too many new things lately. What I'd like to do is to transfer all the old format video to a hard drive; I have a bunch of Hi8 and a bunch of MiniDV, and a way to play both for now. I'd hate to get to a point 10 years from now when my Hi8 camcorder dies and I can't lay hands on another one to get that content off the tapes.
Turns out that for editing AVCHD streams, which is what my camcorder produces, they REQUIRE (not "recommend") 2GB of RAM. My machine is a bit older and has 1G. Luckily RAM is dirt cheap these days, and I have a paypal balance from some ebay'in that covered the whole tab. I grabbed 2x1GB of DDR400 since I have two open slots. That puts me at 3GB which should be plenty. I picked "slow and free" for shipping method, but that's OK since there's no way I'd get it this weekend anyway.
My CPU is a bit weak, it's an AMD x64 single core 2.2 GHz (which they call a 3500+). It should do OK.
I've been trying to clear disk space. When I get to editing video in earnest, I'll probably pick up a dedicated 1TB external (plus a backup), but I'll leave that until probably after Christmas. I've already gotten too many new things lately. What I'd like to do is to transfer all the old format video to a hard drive; I have a bunch of Hi8 and a bunch of MiniDV, and a way to play both for now. I'd hate to get to a point 10 years from now when my Hi8 camcorder dies and I can't lay hands on another one to get that content off the tapes.
