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video editing system

videoquestor
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Sep 10, 2005, 7:43 PM

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Hello folks. I'm new here, but maybe someone else has interest in this issue.

I've got a Toshiba Satellite laptop that was used in a business office that has now been closed.

It is a Pentium 4 machine with 2.66 GHz and 480 MB of RAM as it stands now, bone stock.

I'd like to use it as a "stand alone" video editor. My question is, will that work?

I'm considering buying a good video editing program and installing it. I've got a 120 GB external hard drive that I think I could plug into it.

On my desktop unit, I have Windows Movie Maker software, which is surprisingly cute and easy to use...but which is tormented, I think, by stuff running in the background. Everytime my anti-virus program does a download or an update, my video editing program goes nuts. It's hard to rely on it for any kind of serious editing.

Anybody do anything like my idea...and if so, how did it work? Any special tips, tools or suggestions?

Thanks!

VQ

smitty
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Sep 11, 2005, 7:25 PM

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The fact that it 's a laptop is not a problem.It should have enough horsepower as well.I use mine all the time on and off site.In your edit suite you may want to consider a docking station ,allowing full keyboard and an external monitor and NTSC monitor.Much easier work flow.I would suggest NOT connecting to the net with your edit machine nor adding any non edit software.
You may want to consider ugrading your NLE once you get going.

videobear
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Sep 12, 2005, 10:22 AM

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Many editing programs will "go nuts" if another application suddenly demands a lot of computing resources. It's best to disable networking, auto updates, and virus scanners when you're editing.

Some people go so far as to have two different startup profiles, one for editing and one for general use. The editing profile will be very streamlined, turning off all unneeded Windows processes.

Editing on a laptop is quite do-able. You might like Sony Vegas; you can download a free trial and see for yourself.

Regards,
Doug Graham
Panda Productions

J-Fly
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Apr 26, 2006, 9:29 AM

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i dont have a lot of money so i have sony vegas on my normal computer (i only have one computer, its the one i use for everything) and as long as im not talking on AIM or downloading anything when its rendering or printing to tape, it works fine. i find that if i hit render and go about my normal activities, it will sometimes drop a frame here or a frame there, and the sound will sometimes pop. vegas is a very competent editor and will work fine alongside other programs when not rendering or printing to tape.