I dont not care about moblity all I was goning to use the latop was for a desktop rerplacment

Can you plug in a firewire DV cam and dump the contents into a non-linear video editor?

 

i'm actually doing it now. i'm dumping it into kino, but i could also dump it into avidemux or cinelerra but i really just want to transcode it so its a relatively small file size so kino is fine.

If your concentration is on:

 

• Art subjects: Then go for Mac. It is better graphically and visually.
  
• Science subject: Then go for PC. You may need to install many programs hence having a PC enables you to be sure that it can installed. At times, some programs cannot be installed on Mac.
  

and this may just be my inexperience with a lot of other OS's talking, but lord forbid I come across ANYTHING on a server but Windows.

 

Yes, that's probably your inexperience with operating systems talking. I can't stand servers (or computers in general) without a *IX operating system... preferably Linux in the case of servers.

 

i'm actually doing it now. i'm dumping it into kino, but i could also dump it into avidemux or cinelerra but i really just want to transcode it so its a relatively small file size so kino is fine.

 

The interfaces of all those programs look abhorrent. But hey, at least they can interface with DV cams at all, I suppose.

the interfaces do take a bit of getting used to but they are very functional. and i'd pick functional but ugly over pretty but crap any day.

the interfaces do take a bit of getting used to but they are very functional. and i'd pick functional but ugly over pretty but crap any day.

 

I think you'll be hard pressed to find a non-linear editor with an interface that doesn't take some getting used to. Are you calling best-in-class programs like Avid Xpress DV and Final Cut Pro "pretty but crap"? Or for that matter, iMovie...

i'm sure they can do the exact same things but i've never been able to achieve the results i can get from cinelerra in any of them.

Yes, that's probably your inexperience with operating systems talking. I can't stand servers (or computers in general) without a *IX operating system... preferably Linux in the case of servers.

 

I've actually been meaning to get a new system here soon to test multi platforming and Linux OS. It's probably best to start with one new thing and go from there to be safe - but what the hey, I might as well! Any suggestions for an IX operating system for someone who's been stuck with Windows and MAC OS his whole life? Learning curve doesn't matter -

Any suggestions for an IX operating system for someone who's been stuck with Windows and MAC OS his whole life? Learning curve doesn't matter -

 

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