An odd choice

Hello to all!
I am looking to run FCS1 or FCE4 on a new machine. Unusually my options are to buy a new 20" Imac for £800 (apologies to dollar users) or an (obviously) second hand MDD G4 1.25GHz for £125.
I have worked extensively on PCs with Avid but want to migrate now. The Imac would double as a home computer and only be used for DV or possibly HDV footage. I will purchase a MacPro in the future for an HD feature when it goes into post.
The question is then as a newbie to FCP would you get a very old G4 and tap your fingers waiting for renders or purchase a glorius but impractical edit computer because you'll use it for other things?
PS - I know I can't upgrade an Imac and I'm limited to one firewire bus etc. This is really a query for people who do SD work on an Imac or old G4 and have experience to share.
Many thanks,
Paul

I've been running FCS2 on an iMac (previous generation) and editing DV for about 6 months now and have had no problems. If you buy one now you'll most likely be getting the new generation which means the base models are faster than mine currently is, and you can put more memory in it. All said, I think if it's a decision between an iMac or an older computer, I'd go for the iMac.
jesse.

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Q3/ We are going to have the situation more and more where crews say "sorry no Digibeta" or "that'll cost you more". I can see my HD footage coming to be in all flavors (but hopefully 1080/25p).
Due to this I see Prores as our most likely way forward as quite often the different footage will be put into one program.
I was looking at getting a AJA io and then hiring decks depending on what the footage is shot on and go directly to Prores that way. But I understand that you might be stuck with 29.97 frame rate when playing into the AJA through HDMi?
Opinions on best workflow going forwards would be gratefully received, my head hurts.
Thanks
John E

Hey John
XDCAM HD is a fully supported FCP native camera codec, no need to fear it at all ... if you like you can edit it directly in to a ProRes timeline and get full quality realtime previews, or you can edit it native and set rendering to ProRes for faster results with better potential quality if doing a lot of effects work, or you can just edit and render native ... its all very easy and has been since around FCP 5.1.2. When you've locked edit you can export as Uncompressed, ProRes or whatever other delivery codec you prefer (including XDCAM HD although that would be an odd choice).
I will be hiring a XDCam reader (probably D1) so I can transfer the files.
Not a good idea as the D1 is SD only I think ... get a U1 if you can, or rent a player "deck" like the PDW-F30 or better.
Q1/ Do I/Can I transcode straight to Prores using Log and Transfer or do I have to do this using Compressor afterwards?
No need whatsoever to do it all (see above). But if you did want to do it anyway then you would have to do it post import ... no direct to ProRes transcode on ingest with XDCAM HD (XDCAM EX yes, XDCAM HD no).
Q2/ Is it worth transcoding to Prores as this is a stand alone interview and shouldn't need to be mixed with any other footage?
Not worth it at all unless your goal is to hoover up disc space and man hours unnecessarily.
Q3/ We are going to have the situation more and more where crews say "sorry no Digibeta" or "that'll cost you more". I can see my HD footage coming to be in all flavors (but hopefully 1080/25p).
Due to this I see Prores as our most likely way forward ...
ProRes as intermediate is fine. As for hiring decks, if you are imagining your future needs then you should really be assuming tapeless ingest/workflows rather than anything tape based, that said an AJA Io HD (not AJA Io) would be a great device to have on hand as would Matrox MXO2 and other I/O devices ... and no, I think you have misinterpreted that frame rate restriction, its not the case at all.
Hope it helps
Andy

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