HDV Camcorder PC Compatibility

[jgaepi]

Has anyone had experience downloading, editing, and saving HD video from an HDV camcorder onto their computer. I have everything I need but I don't think I have a powerful enough computer. My dell desktop is a little outdated, being a Pentium 4. My Vaio laptop has a dual core processor but only 1.83Ghz and 100GB storage.

Everything I have read to date says to have at least 2.4Ghz and 250GB storage on the computer. Plus it needs that dual core processor. In addition a lot of sites recommend RAID storage capability.

Advice appreciated.

[MozartMan]

Originally Posted by jgaepi

Has anyone had experience downloading, editing, and saving HD video from an HDV camcorder onto their computer. I have everything I need but I don't think I have a powerful enough computer. My dell desktop is a little outdated, being a Pentium 4. My Vaio laptop has a dual core processor but only 1.83Ghz and 100GB storage.

Everything I have read to date says to have at least 2.4Ghz and 250GB storage on the computer. Plus it needs that dual core processor. In addition a lot of sites recommend RAID storage capability.

Advice appreciated.

Hi jgaepi

I have Sony HC1 HDV camcorder. Transfering files from camcorder to PC doesn't require a lot of power because it is just like file copy.
But editing native HDV MPEG-2 TS files and then encoding them needs a lot of power. I don't use RAID. I think it is not necessary.