I'm up to close to 24 hrs compressing files from DSLR. I'm not even halfway done.
I just got off the phone with APPLE and none of their new processors will handle FCP 6.
I have two things in mind. I can not afford to spend a lot of money.
1. Does anyone know ANYTHING CHEAP that I can plug a USB drive into and watch the DSLR footage?
If I had something like that, I could watch the takes and only transcode the footage I'm going to use.
2. I can buy an old Mac Intel ( I have a PowerPc) desktop computer and download FCP 6 into it. Then I'll be able to watch the footage before I transcode.
Does anyone know what the CHEAPEST configuration would be? What should I be looking for? The Apple lady was no help at all. She had no idea.
I just got off the phone with APPLE and none of their new processors will handle FCP 6.
I have two things in mind. I can not afford to spend a lot of money.
1. Does anyone know ANYTHING CHEAP that I can plug a USB drive into and watch the DSLR footage?
If I had something like that, I could watch the takes and only transcode the footage I'm going to use.
2. I can buy an old Mac Intel ( I have a PowerPc) desktop computer and download FCP 6 into it. Then I'll be able to watch the footage before I transcode.
Does anyone know what the CHEAPEST configuration would be? What should I be looking for? The Apple lady was no help at all. She had no idea.