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- Macbook pro 15" 2.4, 4 gig ram, 200gig hd
Please help! What can I do to speed up the process of copying shows? I have a Macbook Pro, with a 2.4 Ghz core 2 duo processor. I just purchased the elgato video capture kit to record some train shows off of my DVR for my son. I record them in realtime, and hit the key to export them to imovie. I use imovie to edit out the commercials, then export them to Toast, where I burn them to a DVD. My problem is the time involved. Elgato takes 10 -15 minutes to export a 1 hour show. I movie takes 10 minutes to import it, and 25 or more to export the 42 minute program after edits. Toast takes a long time to import it before burning at average quality.
I recently upgraded my macbook to snow leopard and iwork/ilife 09. Last christmas I bumped up to 4 gig of ram. (both before starting this project) I use Istat on my dashboard and it shows almost 90% processor use while doing this. Is there a setting I can change that will still result in a product which can be viewed on a decent sized tv? I don't need HD or near HD quality, just smoothness.
Any help is appreciated.
I recently upgraded my macbook to snow leopard and iwork/ilife 09. Last christmas I bumped up to 4 gig of ram. (both before starting this project) I use Istat on my dashboard and it shows almost 90% processor use while doing this. Is there a setting I can change that will still result in a product which can be viewed on a decent sized tv? I don't need HD or near HD quality, just smoothness.
Any help is appreciated.