My current (aged) computer with 512 Mb of memory and a Centrino chip is struggling with what I'm asking of it. I'm converting all my old sports videos to digital and am trying to give chapters at appropriate points etc. For a 45 minute video, there is no problem. However, when I'm dealing with a full 2 hours worth of motor racing (~5Gb), it just gives up. What do I need to enable me to edit such large files? Would a new machine with a C2D with 2Gb of RAM do it? Or can I somehow use some of my 80Gb HDD to act as RAM? Thanks very much.
What system to edit 2 hours of video?
- Thread starter judder
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Thanks for the reply. I know that money is a factor. I could push £1000 if absolutely necessary, but if I could get away with half that (or less) I'd be happy. I suppose my question is really, what is the cheapest way of being able to handle these large video files? Further, which is better for this purpose, to go for a higher spec chip (e.g. faster dual core or, as you suggest, quad core) or more memory, e.g. 4Gb? Thanks in advance.