Editing Prores on a Macbook at DVinfo.net

Morten Gjerstad · December 19th, 2007, 04:11 PM

I'm a long time Premiere user who's making the transition to FCP. I mostly edit HDV with Cineform Aspect HD as an intermediate codec. What I need to know is if I can convert my HDV files to Prores in FCP on ingest and how editing performance with Prores will be on a 2,6Ghz Macbook Pro with 2Gb RAM?

Ben Brainerd · December 23rd, 2007, 08:37 PM

You won't be able to convert on-the-fly to prores with the Macbook. According to Apple's specs, you need either the uber-mac pro, or a dedicated capture card.

That said, you should be able to *EDIT* ProRes without a problem. I do it without a major problem, running the files off a FW800 external.

December 19th, 2007, 04:11 PM	#1
Morten Gjerstad Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 29	Editing Prores on a Macbook I'm a long time Premiere user who's making the transition to FCP. I mostly edit HDV with Cineform Aspect HD as an intermediate codec. What I need to know is if I can convert my HDV files to Prores in FCP on ingest and how editing performance with Prores will be on a 2,6Ghz Macbook Pro with 2Gb RAM?

December 23rd, 2007, 08:37 PM	#2
Ben Brainerd Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 48	You won't be able to convert on-the-fly to prores with the Macbook. According to Apple's specs, you need either the uber-mac pro, or a dedicated capture card. That said, you should be able to EDIT ProRes without a problem. I do it without a major problem, running the files off a FW800 external.