myself
OK then, I want to start dabbling with video mixing. I had a fantastic gig Sat. night and VDJ was awesome, ran flawlessly!! I looked onto the packed dancefloor and thought if I could project a video onto the wall or dancefloor it would be amazing!
These are my specs of my pc cube;
AMD Athlon XP2500+
1 gig RAM
120GB hard disks x2
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Bog standard 64mb video/graphics card.
My quetsions are;
1. Do I need to upgrade my video/graphics card to pull off trouble free video mixing?
or
2. Do I need to upgrade my whole system?
3. What graphics/video card do you suggest/recommend?
I have messed about with small mpegs and it does seem a little jerky at times.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Craig
These are my specs of my pc cube;
AMD Athlon XP2500+
1 gig RAM
120GB hard disks x2
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Bog standard 64mb video/graphics card.
My quetsions are;
1. Do I need to upgrade my video/graphics card to pull off trouble free video mixing?
or
2. Do I need to upgrade my whole system?
3. What graphics/video card do you suggest/recommend?
I have messed about with small mpegs and it does seem a little jerky at times.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Craig
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 4:59 pm
mp3jrick
A video card would be the first thing, i'm on my third now.
Also understand that at this point the program is struggling with dual signals so make your transitions quickly to avoid the latency.
This will certainly improve in the future.
And yes, it is amazing.
Also understand that at this point the program is struggling with dual signals so make your transitions quickly to avoid the latency.
This will certainly improve in the future.
And yes, it is amazing.
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 5:21 pm
vantinedj
I am upgrading my video card on my new system from a 128 shared to a 256 Radeon 9250. Will this make a big difference in the lagging video (only happens when loading) or will i not notice?
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 5:35 pm
mp3jrick
How much system ram are you running?
When I went to 256 I did notice an overall improvement.
When I went to 256 I did notice an overall improvement.
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 5:58 pm
vantinedj
1 gig mem 64 bit AMD processor. Les sold it to me.
Here are the specs:
RAM. 1GIG of PC3200 (up to 400Mhz clock) dual channel, high performance with heat spreader AMD socket 939
Video: ATI Radeon 9200 with TV out (S-VHS), has it's own RAM, 128mb (I want to upgrade to 256)
Connections:
1 x Parallel
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x VGA and 1 DVGA
1 x TV-out S-VHS port
1 x RJ45 for LAN
3 x IEEE 1394 firewire on rear
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 rear
2 x USB 2.0 FRONT
Delta 410 by M-Audio
DVD/CD BURNER; A black Lite_On DVD burner is included and Ready to rip your files to the included massive 250GB hard drive. Write Speed: 12X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW
Read Speed: 48X CD-ROM, 12X DVD-ROM
Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE
internal, 7200rpm 120GB hard drive for the OS and software applications AND another internal 200GB drive with 8MB buffer
watt COMMERCIAL DUTY power supply installed. Net weight going into your rack mount case is 22.5 pounds
That's about it
Here are the specs:
RAM. 1GIG of PC3200 (up to 400Mhz clock) dual channel, high performance with heat spreader AMD socket 939
Video: ATI Radeon 9200 with TV out (S-VHS), has it's own RAM, 128mb (I want to upgrade to 256)
Connections:
1 x Parallel
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x VGA and 1 DVGA
1 x TV-out S-VHS port
1 x RJ45 for LAN
3 x IEEE 1394 firewire on rear
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 rear
2 x USB 2.0 FRONT
Delta 410 by M-Audio
DVD/CD BURNER; A black Lite_On DVD burner is included and Ready to rip your files to the included massive 250GB hard drive. Write Speed: 12X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW
Read Speed: 48X CD-ROM, 12X DVD-ROM
Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE
internal, 7200rpm 120GB hard drive for the OS and software applications AND another internal 200GB drive with 8MB buffer
watt COMMERCIAL DUTY power supply installed. Net weight going into your rack mount case is 22.5 pounds
That's about it
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 6:31 pm
mp3jrick
Nice system, I didn't realize this was the one you bought from Les.
Definately try the card upgrade, I just installed this baby.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121177
Definately try the card upgrade, I just installed this baby.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121177
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 6:42 pm
vantinedj
Will do. The only time the video skips is when another is loading. It is slight but noticable. Do you have these issues? Maybe it's the program. I am recording my DVD's in MPEG1 instead of DIVX. I couln't figure out the DIVX. Didn't look so hot.
Posted Mon 04 Jul 05 @ 6:50 pm
JeremK
MPEG is better for mixing video than Divx, i'm writing a little thesis to tell everybody why mpeg is better than divx or wmv to play videos.
Posted Tue 05 Jul 05 @ 12:57 am
djaditya
I got this baby... PCI-Ex16 is far better than AGP. ALways remember that when considering a new card...with my SLI mobo, Im gonna soon invest in another card... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127147
Posted Tue 05 Jul 05 @ 5:17 am