VV3 on a loptop..?

FuTz wrote on 1/5/2002, 9:37 AM
I have to leave home for 4 months (work) and I'd like to know if somebody's running VV3 an a laptop? Is there any particular brand to avoid? I need FireWire ports to capture my images (cam:Sony PD-100) . Is the VAIO system from Sony a total crap for this application (I've heard they 're filled with bugs...)? Should I go with another brand? What about Fujitsu C series? I also saw the Toshiba Satellite 5000 fz59 wich reaaaaaaaaly looks great and has built-in 1394...In fact, what I'd like would be a hassle-free system with all the goodies: 2nd port for screen, firewire, etc...running VV3, right-click mouse operation and lots of dollars that would stay in my pocket (no Mac here...)...

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tboydva wrote on 1/5/2002, 11:25 AM
futz,

I have a Dell 4100 Laptop w/intel 900 MHz processor. I use a Skymaster IEEE 1394 cardbus. I know Dells have been discouraged on this and other boards for NLE applications, but so far (knock on wood), I've had no problems. I should say that I don't use the system for heavy editing.... I mainly use it when I go on travel to capture tape footage and store it over to a firewire HD (for later processing at home). I'm a backup fanatic, so I usually keep a backup on the laptop, the firewire drive, on the original tape, then use VV3 to write back to another tape! So far haven't lost any footage.
Anyway, I haven't put the Dell to many hard tests, but it seems to function adequately on the road.... Hope this helps. BTW, I also meant to say the this laptop has an XSVGA (I think?) option that allows 1600 X 1200 resolution (or close to it). This was my sole reason for purchasing it - it's SO much nicer than the 1280 X 768 on most laptops!

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CR wrote on 1/5/2002, 2:36 PM
Dell Latitude 810 has built-in firewire and supports a second hard drive (flip out floppy, flip in 2nd hard drive. Also has a dvd/cdrw.

Get it with Windows XP...great support for camcorders.

This will work...I've used it.

You can even get an external firewire dvd-r/ram or dvd-r/rw...these last not necessarily from Dell
FuTz wrote on 1/5/2002, 5:56 PM
Once again: did anyone buy the Toshiba Satellite 5000 computer and uses VV3 on it? Is it stable? Thank you guys for your answers , since I guess it's a pretty "restricted concern" question...
deef wrote on 1/6/2002, 1:10 AM
I've been using a Sager PIII 1GHz with built in OHCI 1394 under WinMe and WinXP for 6 mos.
jimcho wrote on 1/6/2002, 2:51 AM
I have a Satellite 3000 running VideoFactory2 and give it a big thumbs up. The GeForce2 graphics makes it an all-around super entertainment device. I also like the small form factor of the 3000 since I carry it with me everywhere.

The only problem I had was that it would not boot while my USB mouse was plugged in until I disabled "Legacy USB support" in the bios. Now it works perfectly in every way and is super stable.
FuTz wrote on 1/7/2002, 4:06 PM
Thanks a lot Jim for the info. In fact you were more than usefull here since I'm to use a Logitech optical USB mouse so you even saved me time one one "tweak"!!! And it's really encouraging to see nobody seems to have any problem with this setup!
edna6284 wrote on 1/7/2002, 4:16 PM

Hi Deef, what is your audio-input-device-of-choice? I'd like to know what you find works for you and your system.

Do you have any problems with the hard drive not being able to keep up while tracking? Mixing?

Thanks!
E
FuTz wrote on 1/9/2002, 9:24 PM
I've noticed, on the toshiba satellite 5000, that the firewire port is actually an "I-link" port. Does this mean it's been provided by Sony? Is it therefore OHCI-compliant?
SonyEPM wrote on 1/10/2002, 8:21 AM
I-link will work. You'll want to dump the Sony drivers and codec, and use the native windows OHCI driver and SF DV codec.
FuTz wrote on 1/10/2002, 8:33 AM
?! You mean, I'm gonna find Sony drivers in this prebuilt Toshiba machine?!? And since there's no software provided for any application regarding video editing, do you think the codec will be already installed by Sony too? My main concern here is that the guy at the store probably won't like me doing all these operations in the store cause I only buy if it works (at THIS price, you bet I'll do ...!)
SonyEPM wrote on 1/10/2002, 10:49 AM
Toshiba machines probably will not have any Sony stuff installed and you should be able to use the thing right out of the box, IF the 1394 card is truly "OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394DV"
Tyler.Durden wrote on 1/11/2002, 10:06 AM
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