Hi All,
Avid DV Express claims real-time performance with no additional hardware required. Just a standard IEEE 1394 interface card. It seems that DV Express is a software-only solution to DV editing that relies solely on the CPU power of the computer to achieve real-time performance.
Of course, this is also the motivation behind Sonic Foundry's decision to make Vegas hardware-netural. In that sense, it seems that Vegas is in the same category as DV Express.
So my question is: what kind of processing power is really needed to achieve true real-time effects. For example, real-time (a) cross-dissolve, (b) color-correction, (c) 2D DVE, or (d) alpha-keyed rolling credit. The Avid website says a Pentium III 750Mhz or better is required. I have a dual Pentium III 850 Mhz, and Vegas can play DV in real-time out to the IEEE port, but any effects (a), (b), (c), or (d) require non-realitme rendering before I can squirt them out the IEEE port in real time.
Does this mean that Vegas is slower than Avid DV? Or does Avid DV have the same problem? In otherwords, does Avid DV require users to render effects before squirting out the IEEE port in real time?
If that is true, at what CPU speed can the machine do (a), (b), (c), and (d) in real-time without the need for non-realitme renders? Anyone got a machine out there that can do that?
Sincerely,
Nate