DVCPRO-HD & G4 capture

Hi,

do you know if it's possible to capture DVCPRO HD footage from an AJ deck with a G4, 1GHZ? (PowerMac3,6) I have a Firewire G-RAID drive connected to it (Firewire 800). Will I see any image degradation because I'm not using a G5?

thanks

Nope. It should work just fine.

i dont think you'll see any degradation but is firewire800 fast enough for dvcpro HD?

what version of fcp are you using? i think there may be a baseline machine spec for all things HD and im pretty sure a 1ghz g4 would fall well below it...

Absolutely FW 800 is fast enough for DVCPRO HD. It is fast enough for 8-bit and beleive it or not, 10-BIT uncompressed.

As for the machine specs for DVCPRO HD, look here:

[www.hdforindies.com]

Your 1Ghz G4 is the bare minimum for this...