Are PCs really that bad for movie making?

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That's what some have said on here. I was thinking of getting a PC as my next computer. I like it better than mac, cause it's much easier for me to organize everything on. But is there something really so terrible about it for movie making software?
 
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JoshL said:
My opinions might be different if I was a laptop user as well, but again, price per punch, I can't imagine doing serious production on a laptop. At the end of the day, my opinion is still the same: run what you like!
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I've seriously considered getting a 17" MacBook Pro as a portable editing/video station. They're more than powerful enough. I know people that use those as their primary "desktop" system, hooking up to a full-sized monitor when at home.
 
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My only issue with using a PC is (ironically) Apple software - with so many editors using Macs, Quicktime (ProRes and H264) has kind of become the defacto standard for editing and distribution. The PC's out-of-the-box codecs are CRAP and Quicktime is just bad on the PC. I've had major issues with gamma and audio sync using Quicktime H264/MP4 on the PC that just don't exist on the Mac side.

I've been toying with the idea of switching to Avid's DNxHD codec for editing but next to ProRes 4:2:2 it seems pretty lossy. If I had the choice (or rather, the money) I'd switch to a Mac for my editing purely because there seems to be less voodoo involved in getting the best output out of it.
 
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LINUX Rocks for me...It's free and Im happy w/ it. I use Cinelerra for editing, it has composting, masking and color correction tools, can also insure your work is broadcast safe to boot. I use Audacity for sound and have many other sound programs available.

If I want to learn 3D I'll play w/ Blender. I have Synfig for 2D animation. Using Ubuntu I can render and convert to any format I want. I know Im a hack in this group. Im hoping Lightworks will eventually release a Linux version any day now.
 
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Aegis said:
My only issue with using a PC is (ironically) Apple software - with so many editors using Macs, Quicktime (ProRes and H264) has kind of become the defacto standard for editing and distribution. The PC's out-of-the-box codecs are CRAP and Quicktime is just bad on the PC. I've had major issues with gamma and audio sync using Quicktime H264/MP4 on the PC that just don't exist on the Mac side.

I've been toying with the idea of switching to Avid's DNxHD codec for editing but next to ProRes 4:2:2 it seems pretty lossy. If I had the choice (or rather, the money) I'd switch to a Mac for my editing purely because there seems to be less voodoo involved in getting the best output out of it.
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I use VLC player for all playback with H.264 and have no synch issues ever.

ProRes 422 is now on the PC thanks to Adobe CS5.0-CS5.5 so it's finally on both.
 
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The sync issues I come across are when exporting H264/MP4 through the Quicktime codec - playback is fine. As far as ProRes goes, you can download the codec separately from apple - you don't need CS5 to use it (I use it with Vegas).
 
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