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Originally Posted by bm bradley
not to sure on this one mr gunn. isn't the software in only to convert m2t to a format that adobe can work with since adobe can't handle HDV in it's native format? or couldn't in the beginning anyway, not sure what adobe's up to now.
it might better to edit in an uncompressed format however it seems like wasted render time to me.
vegas is fine for working with m2t's. even edited some uncompressed HD from the panisonic in vegas. no problem... just got the 'raylight' plugin
BTW we've gone to a quad core machine for renders.... kicks serious butt over a dual core. something to consider if you're going to be working in HDV.
-bmb
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Premiere Pro can handle native M2T editing since ver. 2.0 just like Vegas does. So a plugin like Aspect HD is no longer a necessity to edit HDV in Premiere Pro CS3. I have been using it for so long it just became part of my workflow ever since ver. 1.5.1. There are a few specific advantages to edit with the Cineform codec over native M2T, but they only matter in some specific circumstances. One thing the plugin does is it allows one to get away with using a slower processor to edit HDV with real time effects, like the older dual core Pentium D I have on one of my editing machines.
I also have a Core2Duo for my secondary editing machine that I mostly use for batch video encoding. A Core2Quad will surely be my next pc purchase. I have enough going on here simultaneously here in my office that I just keep adding to the collection of computers never really replacing them. Each machine will often be separately be running some process, like one capturing a tape; another batch encoding videos while a third pc upload files through ftp and I am checking my email on my laptop while my designer works in Photoshop or Flash in my old P4.