Video Editing

[pepito]

will someone give me an idea on what composes an ideal computer system for video editing? i mean the components of the system, RAM , CPU, Video Card, and all requirements.
Thank's a lot!

 

[qarban]

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[NurseMSIC]

Do you not think the original poster just MAY not be still waiting for an answer?

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[simtis]

Its still helpfull to those of us who have never viewed this forum.

 

[simtis]

upon further review, maybe not. LOL

 

[jackscotty]

Intel componets always seem to have worked the best for me regardless of the configuration. Certainly if you have the money I would suggest getting the latest and greatest componets on the market. I am not certain if there is much difference between a 3.06 MHz processor and an 3.24 MHz processor but when it comes to video editing, you really can never have enough power.

A good motherboard with the fastest FSB available with DDR ram is a good place to start.. then I would suggest getting a separate ATA-133 to run 4 120 GB hard drives in a RAID configuration.

Any firewire card would do if all of your video work is comming straight out of your digital camera. I use a pinnacle AV card that also accepts analog inputs so that I can import stuff from VHS or TV. And I can also output to VHS.

As for a video card, any halfway decent AGP card will do however I chose a dual head 64MB Radeon 9000 so that I can do a dual monitor setup without using up any more PCI slots.

Any $10 16 bit sound card would sufficient unless you plan on authoring your videos in Dolby Surround sound.