avchd on mac? I'm using adobe pre elements 9 on an AMD dual core 3.0ghz and am having trouble with choppy playback and no 60p with Elements. I was thinking about getting a mac but was wondering if that would work better, also what apple machine would I need? I don't have much money. avchd on mac? I'm using adobe pre elements 9 on an AMD dual core 3.0ghz and am having trouble with choppy playback and no 60p with Elements. I was thinking about getting a mac but was wondering... » Read More avchd on mac? I'm using adobe pre elements 9 on an AMD dual core 3.0ghz and am having trouble with choppy playback and no 60p with Elements. I was thinking about getting a mac but was wondering if that would work better, also what apple machine would I need? I don't have much money. « Show Less
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I'm now using Edius and it's the finest video editor I've seen. It far exceeds Final Cut Pro or Adobe Pro in price and I don't suppose they could perform any better, especially not on my pc. I even tried it on my laptop and it works fine, the render time is longer though.
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Thanks, eMachines ET1352-53 Desktop - Black plus 1gb crucial ram. That makes 4gb ram, windows 7 home, amd Athlon II dual core 3.0 ghz, 580gb HD
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I was on the verge of getting a Mac if for no other reason then final cut. But I know I don't have a good hard drive, just the original 72,000 rpm included with my Emachines et1352-53, I have heard of raid setups. Could you tell me what I would need to set up something like that? also where did you get your weird software (was it Edius?)
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It looks like Edius works only with XP pro and needs an intel xeon cpu, besides all the other system requirements you have to meet.If I were to buy an extra harddrive which one would I need, would any internal hard drive work with my system? also would it be better to connect using raido, or keep them separate and use one for windows and the other for video? You mentioned the HD being the bottleneck on my system, well I thought it was the cpu because the task manager shows the cpu running at 100%. Would more HD's help in that case? My videos taken by the panasonic are adding up and I need to start editing sometime. Adobe Pre always starts running crappy when the projects get big. It looks like Edius works only with XP pro and needs an intel xeon cpu, besides all the other system requirements you have to meet.If I were to buy an extra harddrive which one would I need, would any internal hard drive work with my system? also would it be better to connect using raido, or keep them separate and use one for windows and the other for video? You mentioned the HD being the bottleneck on my system, well I thought it was the cpu because the task manager shows the cpu running at 100%. Would more HD's help in that case? My videos taken by the panasonic are... » Read More It looks like Edius works only with XP pro and needs an intel xeon cpu, besides all the other system requirements you have to meet.If I were to buy an extra harddrive which one would I need, would any internal hard drive work with my system? also would it be better to connect using raido, or keep them separate and use one for windows and the other for video? You mentioned the HD being the bottleneck on my system, well I thought it was the cpu because the task manager shows the cpu running at 100%. Would more HD's help in that case? My videos taken by the panasonic are adding up and I need to start editing sometime. Adobe Pre always starts running crappy when the projects get big. « Show Less
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I have the same version of Adobe Flash installed. I cannot watch any of the mentioned videos at either Youtube or Hulu without disabling hardware acceleration first. I have attempted to update the Nvidia drivers, but it appears that everything is already up to date. At this point, I suspect that I may have simply gotten a bad computer. Acer support will not give me free support for this because they claim that this is a third-party software issue. I am considering RMA'ing now.Thank you for confirming that everything works on your system with hardware acceleration enabled. I really appreciate your time and responses :) I have the same version of Adobe Flash installed. I cannot watch any of the mentioned videos at either Youtube or Hulu without disabling hardware acceleration first. I have attempted to update the Nvidia drivers, but it appears that everything is already up to date. At this point, I suspect that I may have simply gotten a bad computer. Acer support will not give me free support for this because they claim that this is a third-party software issue. I am considering RMA'ing now.Thank you for confirming that everything works on your system with hardware acceleration enabled. I... » Read More I have the same version of Adobe Flash installed. I cannot watch any of the mentioned videos at either Youtube or Hulu without disabling hardware acceleration first. I have attempted to update the Nvidia drivers, but it appears that everything is already up to date. At this point, I suspect that I may have simply gotten a bad computer. Acer support will not give me free support for this because they claim that this is a third-party software issue. I am considering RMA'ing now.Thank you for confirming that everything works on your system with hardware acceleration enabled. I really appreciate your time and responses :) « Show Less
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I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug it in via the USB port, but at least it recognizes it. Thank God. I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug... » Read More I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug it in via the USB port, but at least it recognizes it. Thank God. « Show Less
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Thanks B. Wickens!I've continued my research and it turns out the problem is not the brand of the camera but the AVCHD codec itself. Most video editing applications don't support it yet. So indeed you can copy the files to your hard drive in a Mac but you need a program that can read them.Turns out the latest Final Cut Pro does indeed support AVCHD and also the iMovie '08 (not '06).My favorite recoding application is VisualHub but I haven't been able to determine yet if it will read AVCHD and convert it to something else.
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Looks like it uses h.264 which is a quicktime format. Do you have quicktime installed? I'm a mac user and never use AVI's so I hope I'm correct in this assumption.
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24p is recorded in standard AVCHD, so I would guess that you wouldn't have a problem there. To be clear I haven't gotten one yet (will buy next week), but I don't expect to have a problem with the lower settings on my Mac Mini even. But again, I'm just speculating. You could try looking for sample footage on Vimeo, that's what I've done; many people have posted the raw .mts files there, and you can DL them if you get a free membership.
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Recommend that you look at the Adobe site for a White Paper called Optimizing Hardware Systems for Adobe Premiere Pro...and Photoshop CC found at: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/solutions/broadcasting/pdfs/Adobe-Hardware-Performance-Whitepaper.pdf This is a great article because it really explains what the computer components do and how they are interrelated. While Elements isn't specifically addressed, it does include specs for full blown Photoshop. If Photoshop will run well on this (and it meets the specs) than Elements should as too. In terms of storage capacity, this system has should be adequate. Recommend that you look at the Adobe site for a White Paper called Optimizing Hardware Systems for Adobe Premiere Pro...and Photoshop CC found at: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/solutions/broadcasting/pdfs/Adobe-Hardware-Performance-Whitepaper.pdf This is a great article because it really explains what the computer components do and how they are interrelated. While Elements isn't specifically addressed, it does include specs for full blown Photoshop. If Photoshop will run well on this (and it meets the specs) than Elements should as too. In terms of storage capacity,... » Read More Recommend that you look at the Adobe site for a White Paper called Optimizing Hardware Systems for Adobe Premiere Pro...and Photoshop CC found at: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/solutions/broadcasting/pdfs/Adobe-Hardware-Performance-Whitepaper.pdf This is a great article because it really explains what the computer components do and how they are interrelated. While Elements isn't specifically addressed, it does include specs for full blown Photoshop. If Photoshop will run well on this (and it meets the specs) than Elements should as too. In terms of storage capacity, this system has should be adequate. « Show Less
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You have to understand that the Power Mac processor has reached a sort of "end of life." It cannot run any Mac OS newer than 10.5.8 I'm not a user of recording tools, but my understanding of this processor is that it will NOT run Pro Tools 9 or newer. If you are content with older software, my guess would be that this computer would work well for recording.
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AVCD files are multi-files (image/sound/indexing), so you have to import all of them together to your editing software. They work great, but must be together to play. This happens naturally when you use the "content management utility" soft provided with the NX70 camera to download your clips from the camera to the computer. Here is some more information about AVCHD files: http://www.winxdvd.com/resource/avchd-video.htm It´s quite simple, but looks a bit weird when you start with them. Have fun.
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What mac are you using? I have an older 2.0 Gighz G5 (not intel based) with 10.5.2, imovie and FCE HD. Any issues because its not an intel based mac?
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Few questions1080 60p is not part of the AVCHD standard, it only goes as high as 1080 60iWas the AVCHD standard modified to now accept 1080 60p?Or is Sony using a proprietary format?I exclusively use the PS3 to playback my videos that I store on a USB external drive.Will the 1080 60p footage from this camera playback on a PS3?The previous model CX550 could not capture pictures while shooting video at the highest bit rate, is this still the case?Thanks for your input.
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Thank you for your response. I don't have a Mac. I wanted to convert to AVI for two reasons: I need to rotate video taken on vacation recently (now I know not to rotate my camera for video) and my new digital frame takes video in AVI only. I'm looking for a conversion program that will give me phone tech support. Apple will not since I don't have a Mac. Anyway, thanks again for your comments ... any other suggestions will be appreciated. Happy New Year, Ann
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These machines do not handle web video clients well today, due to how much the Web has evolved since they've been introduced; please consider a MacBook. About during early 2006, I remember when I could watch videos in 240/360p on my iBook SE Graphite (also a G3, known as the "clamshell"), but it was very sluggish and nearly "hung" at times in both Opera and Safari even then. This was 7 years ago, and the Flash player/plugin (what the players you asked about use) quit being made for PowerPC Mac machines. Sadly, today, these won't be able to handle YouTube at all; a 2006 or later model MacBook, however, does quite well. My advice: If you're looking for a vintage machine to keep, these are by far one of my favorites. But if you're looking for a cheap computer that operates like a modern-day computer, this one won't be able to do it. Instead, as I mentioned earlier, please get a MacBook (what replaced the iBook, and supports 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Chrome, modern-day Firefox, Safari, etc.), or a cheap tablet, or a netbook instead. Thanks for reading; happy shopping! :-)
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hi janet - i have had this display since 2011 - the "best" would depend really on what you plan to use it for. I am not an adobe creative type but a novice user and it works just briliantly on a new 2015 Mac Mini. Havent really thought of upgrading. I am considering getting a dell 4k screen though since Apple really hasnt upgraded the line yet.
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it runs just fine on my MAC PRO w/ OS 10.8.5. don't know about the MAC Book Air? you should buy it and tell ADOBE where to stick their Creative Cloud!
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I bought a mac because I thought it would be better to make photo slideshow and video. I have been taking classes at the MAC store and have found that there is nothing that compares to Photdex Proshow Gold for the PC. I have spent months searching and was told by apple techs that if I want professional looking photos and video on my large screen TV I would have to buy the very expensive Final Cut and not the Express one because it has to go though iDVD which degrades the pictures. Tech even said "iDVD just sucks". Proshow is less than $100. I am very discouraged!!! Will Roxio solve this problem?
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Works perfectly fine on my Intel Mac. I've alternated between draft, high quality, RPM, and all worked perfectly. The catch, if you can call it that, is that you can only choose the various high end settings IF you choose the proper media type. If you leave the media type set to Plain paper then you get plain printing only. You have to select the appropriate media type in order to enable the higher end printing options.