Kenneally is, of course, technically correct re the DV hardware codec chip - and by "technically correct," I don't at all mean to imply that KH is trying to hide the ball or anything like that - but Mike's answer gets closer to the bottom line re the effect of a Storm (or NX) card on Edius:
General rule: While you're editing - your project is not yet finished and you are working on the timeline - the Storm (or NX) card does absolutely nothing to accelerate what Edius can do processing the timeline, whether you're in HD or SD.
The exception is if you edit with an external monitor connected to your camera/deck and your camera/deck connected to your computer:
A. Without the Storm (or NX) card, you connect your camera/deck to your OHCI firewire on your computer, and your cpu must do the DV conversion to send the DV stream down the firewire to your camera/deck and out to the monitor; but
B. With the Storm (or NX) card, you connect your camera/deck to the Storm (or NX) card on your computer, and the DV hardware codec chip on the Storm (or NX) card does the DV conversion to send the DV stream down the firewire to your camera/deck and out to the monitor, thereby freeing up the cpu to do other things (like Edius processing the timeline).
So, unless you edit with a monitor attached to your computer through firewire, Edius will run just as fast processing the timeline with or without a Storm (or NX) card.
Originally posted by GrassValley_MD
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The exception is if you edit with an external monitor connected to your camera/deck and your camera/deck connected to your computer:
A. Without the Storm (or NX) card, you connect your camera/deck to your OHCI firewire on your computer, and your cpu must do the DV conversion to send the DV stream down the firewire to your camera/deck and out to the monitor; but
B. With the Storm (or NX) card, you connect your camera/deck to the Storm (or NX) card on your computer, and the DV hardware codec chip on the Storm (or NX) card does the DV conversion to send the DV stream down the firewire to your camera/deck and out to the monitor, thereby freeing up the cpu to do other things (like Edius processing the timeline).
So, unless you edit with a monitor attached to your computer through firewire, Edius will run just as fast processing the timeline with or without a Storm (or NX) card.
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