Funny this should come up. I just got a Toshiba NB200 netbook with the Atom proc. Installed Vegas 9a no problem, have not played with it much but i dropped a 720p wmv file on the timeline and it played - pretty chunky but it worked.

Probably not great for big jobs but kind of cool that it works at all :)

Also could be useful when working with proxies... I'm pondering this with my XDCAM MXF work, since I could just load the proxies in and do simple editing with it, and then transfer to my workstation later and conform to the full res footage and finish it up.

Now if Vegas worked nicely with the Clipbrowse, then we'd be humming along nicely.
I still have V4 loaded on an ancient VAIO, I think the CPU is around 800MHz. I've used it several times for doing basic overdubs on location in conjunction with my M-Audio Firewire 410.
Sometimes a V4 is all you need, the weight of a V8 just bogs you down :)

Bob.

...which I was on my way to suggest: if all you need is clear up things and preparation, why not install an older version of Vegas and let it fly ?

Seems like it would be nice to do real-time capture direct to the disc, also?

Edited - firewire port, right? Also maybe a firewire multichannel audio capture?

> Seems like it would be nice to do real-time capture direct to the disc, also?

I was thinking the same thing. I picked up a Lenovo S10 Netbook for $299 with a 160GB hard drive. A hard disc recording unit like a Firestore 160GB costs costs $1400!!! These Netbooks are so small and have 10" monitors too... they would be perfect to mount on a camera as a monitor / recording unit. So instead of a $1400 Firestore and $500 monitor you get it all for $299! (just goes to show you how ridiculously over inflated the price of technology for video is) It's too bad Adobe killed DV Rack as a stand-alone application.

~jr

I have the Samsung netbook, but it has no firewire. How about the Lenovo, JR, has it FW?

/Ulf

I don't know of netbooks that have firewire, but a lot of netbooks have an Express slot where you can put in a firewire card.

> How about the Lenovo, JR, has it FW?

No, the Lenovo just has an Express lot but I found an Express Firewire card that could be purchased fairly cheap so this might be a viable platform for real-time capture with monitoring.

~jr

Ok - thanks JR

/Ulf

Hey JR,

Remember when we saw those Sony Netbooks in Vegas at the Sony Store? - They had 1600x 1024 screens or something like that ( but they were pretty pricey, like 800 bux or something). The question becomes, is the HDD able to handle the stream or does it get bogged down running other stuff?

I've thought about these netbooks for Audio capture and really REALLY light editing (you can just change the default shortcut to do full screen playback to CTRL+SHIFT+Space Bar for ease like I do, and when you want to review your edits , just play back using full screen to see better.

Dave

If you add a firewire audio interface (Alesis mixer) you could have a multitrack audio recorder using Vegas 4-7

I have installed and used SV Pro 8 on my Acer netbook. - it works and is usable but since I shoot everything in HD, the playback is horrendous. Still, I can edit, trim, etc. well enough to do some short projects while travelling. It's great having an 8 hour battery life...

Mike

Thanks Guys

As it definitely sounds workable then I'll certainly give it a go. Btw are there any configurable options I can set to get the lowest possible quality of preview of my machine?