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> <frankdbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I used to edit on a Matrox 2500 with Premier 6.0. Am getting back into
> > it, but not sure what to get. Can the newest Premier (1.5 Pro, I think)
> > on a new, fast computer do a good job for semi-professional work
> > (creating a half hour promotional video for my business), or do I need
> > to consider a hardware card like the newest Matrox, for example? We're
> > shooting with a mini-DV camera. I'm not TRYING to spend money, but want
> > to get a system I'll be happy with. We'll be mastering DVD in the long
> > run.
> >
>
> Using Adobe Premiere Pro with a 1394 card on a new P4 machine gives you
> about the same performance as using the Matrox RT2500 on your present
> system - only you won't have the benefit of realtime output to analog
video
> (VHS or SVHS). Adobe Premiere Pro has realtime preview from the timeline
> using a 1394 card, but then again so does Premiere 6.0.
>
Oops, I meant to say Premiere 6.5
> Encoding to MPEG-2 IBP for DVD authoring will be faster using the
> MainConcept Encoder that ships with Adobe Premiere Pro. Your encode times
> may still be 3 to 1. If you were to spring for the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme
Pro
> with Premiere Pro, Encore DVD & Audition it would be a very good choice
for
> the following reason. The RT.X100 has the abiltiy to encode to MPEG-2 from
> the timeline of Adobe Premiere 6.5 in realtime on a P4 2.0GHz 400MHz front
> side bus computer system using the proper build of Matrox Xtools.
>
> When using a newer machine with 800MHz front side bus the encode times are
> faster still and can be done from the timeline of Adobe Premeire Pro. The
> ability to encode to MPEG-2 DVD compliant files with faster than software
> encode times has nothing to do with Premiere Pro or the MainConcept
software
> plug-in and everything to do with the RT.X100 card. Settling for Adobe
> Premiere Pro with a simple 1394 card is certainly the less expensive way
to
> go, but you will gain more in productivity by spending the extra money on
> the outset.
>
> Even if you were to place the RT.X100 card into a system slower than the
> 800MHz fsb system, as I related earlier you STILL get realtime output to
> MPEG-2 which is way faster than 3 to 1! If you have a access to the right
P4
> 400MHz 2.0GHz system (which can be built from parts listed in the
> compatibility pages at Matrox) and have a copy of Premiere 6.5 you could
> trade-in your RT2500 hardware for the RT.X100 hardware. Doing this would
> save you money and would serve as a good editing system for a long time to
> come. After all, unless you are really needing faster than realtime MPEG-2
> encodes, the system is still a killer realtime editing system. Even the
> RT2500 is way better for realtime editing than a 1394 card with any
> combination of NLE software!
> --
> Larry Johnson
> Digital Video Solutions
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