[MacDV] fundamental question

[Ken McNamara]

Tim -

Computers are easy - video is a real pain in the toosh.

It has a lot to do with your expectations and real purpose.

I produced a 63 minute finished video on a Windoze 133Mhz Pentium with
64MB of RAM.  Bottom line is I accomodated the hardware's limitations
and developed a workflow that was managable.  Now I have a G4 with 1GIG
of RAM and while it is certainly better - it has limitations.

If you want to capture large amounts of high quality video - edit it as
if you had a professional suite - and finish it off in time for the
evening news - your frustration will be endless.

I suppose it's like any tool - give a master painter a paintbrush and
some mud - the results will be auctioned at Sotheby's someday.  Or Ansel
Adams a brownie... you get the point.

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