Motherboard for Video-Editing

[ilovetheusers]

A friend of mine was having some trouble with video editing/compression on an AMD based system. He was using his Intel based laptop for it. I'll see if I can get him to post here.

I have no issues with my AMD systems and editing though my one bud does have some colling issues (runs the PC in a 90+ degree environment and wonders why cooling is an issue). In fact, by design or not, some Adobe software runs up to 25% faster on AMD systems, per maximum PC. I have a P4 2.0ghz with 1gb ram and a athlon 1.2ghz with 512mb ram and the athlon will render almost as fast in premier 6.0/6.5 even after the patch for intel processors is put on it. Kind of ticked me off when I found out though I do love my p4 in general. If you buds having issues, have him post them, I'd bet if it's hardware it's not related to the CPU (and maybe we could help). Wait though, you're talking about video compression like Divx or Xvid aren't you? Don't know much about that or the tools for them.



bookmarkmns - the video card that is in the system is not the biggest problem with editing performance. If the card is really old then it could cause issues with the ability to render effects but if he's not complaining about it then he's probably OK.

Also, ME is a major issue, not having a stable OS while waiting for a video to render for 2 days and having an error pop up 5 minutes befre it finishes can be a real treat I can tell ya. Also limits you to FAT32 so no files bigger that 4.3gb which is also another PIA. Make sure the drives are NTFS to avoid that issue. Nothing like pulling a whole video off the camcorder instead of chopping it into 3 or 4 bits you have to hope edit together well later on. That and if the final DV file is to large it's tough S with FAT.

[tyamada]

I've been asked to build a machine for video-editing. I would be very grateful for suggestions of the best motherboard for an AMD-based system. It will be running Windows XP Home. It will be on small network.
Thanks in advance.

What type of video files does the person you are building the computer for want to use (e.g.
avi, mp1, mp2)?

If all he wants to do is capture video to mp1, mp2, you should look into a video capture card that captures with hardware support.

I've tried a few of the capture cards with software rendering from avi to mpg. Those cards
tax the cpu to max.

I am currently using a Hauppauge PVR250 (a lot cheaper than the Matrox) to capture all my video from different sources (analoge only). I have also dumped all my Video software and use Ulead Video Studio.
This might seem to be crazy but it one of the fastest ways to go from capture to DVD with out all the extra steps required by Premiere or Media Studio Pro. I also have problems with the afore mentioned programs when editing or creating a DVD. They seem to lock up at various times, and there is no predicting when.

My mother board is a Asus P4C-800E Deluxe
Pentium P4 3.06 Ghz
1 Gigabyte RAM
Asus 9180 AGP Card
Hauppauge PVR250

I am very happy with the performance of the components and the speed creating DVDs. This setup is 40-50% faster than my old P4 2.4G computer. Hyperthread and hardware capture is what does the trick.

[Phaeton]

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 with Platinum-Silver Heat Spreader
$182.00

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ " Barton", 333MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor
$121.00

Well... for video editing I would certainly go with AT LEAST 1.5 Gig RAM, not 512MB, and the Corsair is a good choice, I have that set in my system at home. And I would go with a FX-51 Athlon, not a 2800+, just for the intensive work that is going to be done.

Phaeton

[ilovetheusers]

Well... for video editing I would certainly go with AT LEAST 1.5 Gig RAM, not 512MB, and the Corsair is a good choice, I have that set in my system at home. And I would go with a FX-51 Athlon, not a 2800+, just for the intensive work that is going to be done.

Phaeton

I put the wrong one in, meant to put the 2x512=1024 pack. Whoops.