Talk:D5 HD

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I don't think that this is true that HD D5 material can be edited on normal desktop computers. AFAIK you need an Avid Adrenaline or Nitris to do this. HDV (MPEG 2 compression) can be edited with Avid Xpress HD or Final Cut, but I don't know of any desktop computer than can handle the 220 mb/sec of HD D5.

[edit] Depends

Depending on your definition of a "desktop system", there's no reason why D5 HD can't be edited on one. All you need is a resonably fast RAID. I've personally designed systems using "off-the-shelf" parts that can edit uncompressed 4:4:4 HD (data rates of around 300 MB - that's megabytes, not megabits) per second. Of course, this isn't a normal home / office desktop system, but it is a standard PC that anyone with a bit of knowledge can put together. 323 megabits per second is a "mere" 40 MB/s, which even a single high-end drive can deliver, these days, so yes, a high-end desktop system can handle D5 HD (even if it can't render most effects in real time).

RMN 01:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)