what about shooting in SD? Is that any less of a problem?
SD takes up less HD space, so yes, that would probably suit the MBA more. How long are the videos that you edit?
I still wonder whether an external HD would resolve that issue. I know video editors who work with external HDs all the time.
even the SSD?
Ok final question.... do you think then that i can use my PB G4 to capture the video from the HDV cam? What software do you use to capture it?
Does it matter that my PB can't view HD video? (it just crashes or sleeps as it overheats) If i could keep it straggling along and use that to import the video then i guess i'll be set and i can have the MBA for on the road. the problem is that i can't view it on my PB, but i can just copy it over to the SSD![]()
I was thinking the same thing. Why not supplement with an external HD to capture footage to, which you can bring along every couple of months when you need it? I wonder if the Time Capsule can serve your purposes? It has a USB port.
Glancing over the specs for the Canon HV30, it seems that they include a USB cable but no firewire. So I wonder if that is how you transfer data. With an SSD drive, I don't think you'd have any speed worries. Storage issues can be dealt with via an external drive.
what about shooting in SD? Is that any less of a problem?
DV still takes up 13GB an hour. Bitrate is still 28Mb/s which is close to/above the real world speed for USB.SD takes up less HD space, so yes, that would probably suit the MBA more. How long are the videos that you edit?
I still wonder whether an external HD would resolve that issue. I know video editors who work with external HDs all the time.
I'm having second thoughts about the SSD. i mean, i could almost buy an iMac with the extra money. I may end up getting the 80gb, and then upgrading in a year to a 128gb SSD.
will the 4200 drive be ok for watching movies saved as dmgs from a DVD? Or will it lag? Would be nice to save a DVD as a dmg at home, then watch it on the road. in WIDESCREEN (novelty coming from a 12") haha.
I'm having second thoughts about the SSD. i mean, i could almost buy an iMac with the extra money.
No longer than an hour. The problem is that using an external on a MBA would have to be USB... and other posters have said that it's bad to use USB for video as it drops frames etc. The way the drive writes is in bursts.
I'm having second thoughts about the SSD. i mean, i could almost buy an iMac with the extra money. I may end up getting the 80gb, and then upgrading in a year to a 128gb SSD.
will the 4200 drive be ok for watching movies saved as dmgs from a DVD? Or will it lag? Would be nice to save a DVD as a dmg at home, then watch it on the road. in WIDESCREEN (novelty coming from a 12") haha.
I'm having second thoughts about the SSD. i mean, i could almost buy an iMac with the extra money. I may end up getting the 80gb, and then upgrading in a year to a 128gb SSD.
After a quick search on store.apple.com, I have determined this:
Refurbished 20'' Aluminum iMac 2.0Ghz, 1GB Ram, 250GB HD: $1049
Difference between MB Air 1.6 and MB Air 1.8 w/ SSD: $1299
that's a no brainer.
You can get the 20'' iMac + a 2 gig stick of ram from newegg (~$45, giving you a total 2.5GB ram and opportunity to go to 4 later or for just another $45) + 500GB external hard drive (FIREWIRE!) + MB Air 1.6GHz for the same price as the MB Air 1.8GHz w/ SSD.
So yeah, like I said earlier, get the iMac now. I'm sure you can squeeze an extra couple of months from your Powerbook just for your portable tasks, so all the major kinks can be worked out of the Air before you purchase it.
Now that people are actually getting these in their hands, I'm wondering if anybody has had an opportunity to load AVCHD from an SD card via the USB port on a MBA (either SSD or HDD)?
I'd love to know how that goes!