From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 18 13:18:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FCD16A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:18:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7DC43D1D for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:18:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i6IDIZKu056648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:18:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i6IDIZaU056647; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:18:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:18:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: jason Message-ID: <20040718131835.GC92233@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , jason , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040718053305.46886397D@mprdmxin.myway.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040718053305.46886397D@mprdmxin.myway.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.3 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:18:35 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREE_TRIAL autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: O/S question I guess X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:18:43 -0000 --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:33:05AM -0400, jason wrote: As Greg says: "Format recovered" -- please improve your karma by pressing the return key occasionall while composing your e-mails. > FreeBSD team,I'm a video editor and computer builder/repair tech in > a small town. My bussiness partner and I are considering switching > to a new AMD 64Bit machine. We've been ptting it off due to o/s > issues. Win XP will run on a amd64 machine but will not full take > advantage of the new technology. Microsoft has a free trial beta > version of its 64 bit o/s but that expires 365 days from > innstallation( wich would mean a loss of data/programs/archives, > quite a headache. Microsoft also has said that initally the new o/s > will only be available pre installed on multi $1000 machines or to > big companies.( I can build a 64 bit machine for c$1000 so I dont > want to buy something that the manufacture jacks up in price by > $3000 when I can do it for less) I noticed your web site says your > o/s is amd64bit compatible and I like that idea. My question or > questions are : Do you know if the PinnacleSystems software, > speciffically Studio 9 can work on FreeBSD? and two if not is there > someting compareable that could be used on FreeBSD? Also is there > anywhere where I can see screen shots of FreeBSD and does it support > most common devices as windows and many linux gu do?(i.e.: > 1394/firewire, usb, sound, vidoe,dvd-r drives etc etc) as this is a > must to continue video editing.sorry this has been kind of lengthy > but as you can tell I am intreted in possibly switching to FreeBsd, > I will not go to linux as I've tried that and not liked it, I also > dont get on with apple, so that leaves you or microsoft or writing > my own os(wich I dont think i can do lol )With regardsJason > Marinsmall Town geeks You've got a tricky choice here. Do you want an amd64 machine for the 64-bitness? Or just for performance reasons? If you need 64-bit support, so you can have multi-terrabyte filesystems, and deal with enourmous files that's going to be a bit troublesome for you. If you want it to be the first person in your town to own an amd64 box or just for speed, then you'ld probably be better off getting the most powerful ia32 based system you can afford, and carrying on using much the same software environment as you have at the moment. As I see it, if you have to switch to a 64bit OS, you've got basically 3 ways to go: 1) Microsoft: 64bit support not yet fully available, and will cost an arm and a leg when it does arrive. 2) Free OSes -- basically Linux or FreeBSD. Amd64 support is there, but you'll almost certainly have to switch to using a new software environment to do your video editing. There's no guarrantee that you'll be able to get editing software with any sort of commercial support, if that's important to you. Free and Open versions of editing software where available will usually work very well, but probably will need a quite different mindset for you to use -- for instance, you might end up having to write shell scripts to do various routine operations. Typical of the sort of software available is avidemux -- see http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ Other applications ported to FreeBSD will be listed at: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/multimedia.html Device support -- firewire, USB, etc. is basically there, but you would be well advised to test everything for compatability before you buy. Manufacturers generally only find it economic to build devices to a standard that will work on Windows -- Free OSes usually need to get loans or donations of equipment in order to provide support of devices that don't conform correctly to the published standards. You'ld probably find a FreeBSD or Linux box more appropriate for providing network storage and other services, as a back-end to your client machines where you do the actual editing. 3) Apple -- has the 64bit platforms now, and video editing etc. is their meat and drink, so there shouldn't be any problems with finding software or support. Probably more expensive than commodity hardware -- but check carefully. Apple machines are much closer in price to *equivalently* specc'd PCs than you might think. And if you need plenty of storage, the Xserve RAID kit is a real bargain[1] for small to mid-sized SANs: http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/ Cheers, Matthew =20 [1] Not that you have to use Xserve with MacOS X -- it works very well with other OSes. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA+niriD657aJF7eIRAghtAJ987gxmOqijcoJN8qZCo9gEiMS2dACfVCwi 2xuto13i6mt2dGArc9bP3fs= =3R7r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8--