Avid 3.0 ON MY LAPTOP
I just got Avid 3.0 working on my Powerbook G4 (1.67Ghz). When I first installed it, I couldn't launch it because I didn't have enough memory. 2GB are needed, I had 1.5. I ordered another 1GB stick, it arrived today. I installed it and Avid launched beautifully. I prepared for this installation by installing Leopard...and running it for a few days to make sure it was good. I did the whole ERASE and INSTALL...I want to ensure a working system. Although this is also my e-mail and iPhone machine...I still want to make sure I stick with the recommended components Avid requires, like QT 7.4.5. There is a version of Avid 3 that works on Tiger, 3.0.1. And that might be a good option for many, but I decided to how it works under Leopard.
So thus far I have Avid installed on my Powermac G5 and my Powerbook G4...both machines that are NOT on the system requirements for Avid 3.0. While I have an Intel Mac, it is currently tied up in production, so I can't install anything just yet. I will soon, but in the meantime I wanted to see how things worked and see a few of the new features. When it comes to the main testing, I'll be using the MacPro when it becomes available.
Hopefully tomorrow I will have time to capture some DVCPRO HD footage from tape. See how Avid removes the pulldown on firewire. Then I will read up on the P2 workflow with Avid...since I deal a lot with P2 footage.
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On a G4?! Isn't it lovely how they retarded their software so it wouldn't open on a macbook? I guess there still is a need for bootcamp :|
Who said it WOULDN'T open on a MacBook? Their specs say that it requires an Intel Mac...and I am running it on a PowerPC Mac. I find that cool.
That's very cool. I'm also VERY interested in your AVID and P2 workflow. (I'm currently interested in all things P2 actually.)
Question... Do you have to have FCP 5.1 or higher to see P2 footage on a G4?
Shane, have you had a chance to play around w/the ScriptSync feature? I'm hearing so many good things about it that it sounds very much like a "killer feature" that could get people (especially unscripted people) back from FCP land.
Eric, while the first version to work with P2 was FCP 5.0.4, FCP 5.1 or higher is best.
Andrew...that is one feature that I am REALLY looking forward to. I'll have to digitize a couple interview tapes we have for the current show, and take existing transcripts and try that out.
Does it run ok on the the laptop with a 1.67 Ghz?
I thought the min req was 2.33 Ghz.
Are they just playing it safe?
Eion...I have yet to test it. I installed it, and it opened. But I am too busy to tackle it yet.
I don't own MC3 yet, but I'll be buying the cheap as academic version soon, so I guess I'll know for sure. They did block the macbook out when they made the move to intel, sighting the integrated graphics card couldn't meet the requirements (although for a while, you could disable 3d on avid start up, and it worked, until they blocked us from that too).
The most annoying thing is that it works on a macbook, they've blocked us out. But we can still run it through bootcamp.
And I understand what a macbook is, but it's still lame that instead of just letting it work, they've actually chosen to block it. I mean the macbook didn't meet FCP's specs, but they didn't try to block us from runing it.
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