PC Spec for Video Editing
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@Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?
Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.
Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.
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@coliver said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
@Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?
Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.
Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.
I asked mainly because he was splitting. And sure you want SSD for booting and applications, but I would think the application workspace would be where you really want/need the performance.
Basically my question was tantamount to why are you installing your OS to a RAID 1 and putting your data on a RAID 5 (old days
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@Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
@coliver said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
@Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?
Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.
Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.
I asked mainly because he was splitting. And sure you want SSD for booting and applications, but I would think the application workspace would be where you really want/need the performance.
Basically my question was tantamount to why are you installing your OS to a RAID 1 and putting your data on a RAID 5 (old days
)Because he's not. There's only two SSDs mirrored. Period end of the discussion, nothing else, done.
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@hobbit666 said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
Was thinking i7 16GB RAM, couple of 2TB (mirrored) + SSD for OS + Nvidia NVS 310 (maybe Xeon?)
See this plus sign? To me that means there are 2 things here
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Siri fail.
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@Dashrender yeah I seen some cops and had to shut down
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@JaredBusch said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
@Dashrender yeah I seen some cops and had to shut down
Like Data with the emergency power down switch in the back.
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OK so reading it again yeah drives plus SSD
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@JaredBusch said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
OK so reading it again yeah drives plus SSD
Two SSDs mirrored would be pretty quick. I wonder how much actual storage they need locally? If you're going all out on a Pro Graphics card then my guess is that the SSDs are just a drop in the bucket.
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Like everyone else seems to be recommending, I'd also only put a mirrored set of HDD in if the resulting files need to be kept on the local workstation.... in which case, you need a file server upgrade... ok, ok, whole other topic I know.
My preference would be SSD for OS/programs and PCIe storage card for the PowerDirector work space. If budget is tigher, then OBSSDR5.
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What this?
I5
8GB
256GB SSDDone.
No point looking at dedicated GPUs for PowerDirector. You'll get almost nothing from it. Local storage, just edit live projects and shunt projects onto the file-server when editing is complete. Video editors do not eat lots of Ram and the I7 is wasted on software like that.
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So, what footage will you be editing?
What compression will be applied? AVCHD? MP4? What data rate
How many video files layered to be played at once on the timeline?This drives the storage question. For 90% of 1080P editing. A single 7200RPM mechanical is absolutely fine. SSD makes it 4x quicker.
There really is not much point looking at heavy specs with CyberLink, most of the bottle-neck will be the software.
Soon as you get near
Premier Pro
Final Cut Pro
Avid Media ComposerThen you start to really think about editing power in detail.
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Watching... not for Video Editing,.. but just to replace the NTG box... crashed (power cycle like) again today...
but I'd up the Vid Card to allow for 4 HDMI
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@Breffni-Potter said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
So, what footage will you be editing?
What compression will be applied? AVCHD? MP4? What data rate
How many video files layered to be played at once on the timeline?This drives the storage question. For 90% of 1080P editing. A single 7200RPM mechanical is absolutely fine. SSD makes it 4x quicker.
There really is not much point looking at heavy specs with CyberLink, most of the bottle-neck will be the software.
Soon as you get near
Premier Pro
Final Cut Pro
Avid Media ComposerThen you start to really think about editing power in detail.
^ all of this
Except skip the spinning rust hdd, good grief! Your time is worth more than a 512gb ssd
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Yeah but I saw the words PCIe SSD so we need to reality check this before we end up spending thousands on something over-kill.
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@Breffni-Potter said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
So, what footage will you be editing?
What compression will be applied? AVCHD? MP4? What data rate
How many video files layered to be played at once on the timeline?This drives the storage question. For 90% of 1080P editing. A single 7200RPM mechanical is absolutely fine. SSD makes it 4x quicker.
There really is not much point looking at heavy specs with CyberLink, most of the bottle-neck will be the software.
Soon as you get near
Premier Pro
Final Cut Pro
Avid Media ComposerThen you start to really think about editing power in detail.
To be honest no idea on the specifics. All they said is stuff filmed and edited in 1080p then add a sound track and cut crap out then save and upload.
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@Breffni-Potter said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
What this?
I5
8GB
256GB SSDDone.
No point looking at dedicated GPUs for PowerDirector. You'll get almost nothing from it. Local storage, just edit live projects and shunt projects onto the file-server when editing is complete. Video editors do not eat lots of Ram and the I7 is wasted on software like that.
Yeah that's what I thought when I looked at what they are using. That's why I asked about graphics cards
I'm thinking maybe go for i7, 16GB and 512GB SSD with just in case they upgrade the software to something better lol
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Perfect. Create a share on the file-server for video projects, ask them to store all the footage on there in working folders (i.e Mango Lassi Conf 10-03-2017 ) which they can drag and drop from the server onto a local SSD.
Make sure they setup Cyberlink to store cache files and footage into that working folder, then copy it back onto the file-server for backup.
They are pretty much at the point of using even 4-8GB of Ram with an ok business PC, just give it an SSD.
Buy the whole system with good soundcard, graphics, Mobo and proc combo when they are ready to take a step up with editing, for now I'd class it as hobby level editing.
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Have you thought about getting mac for this? From what you're describing they'll be doing very basic editing, something iMovie can handle easily. We're actually doing some similar editing at work currently, and there was no comparable software available on Windows. And if they need more in the future, they can move to Final Cut Pro.
