Re: Xena and Cineform Questions

Jeron,

For the downconvert - it is only used for output, so if you're editing HDV you can view it on a SD Monitor. Sorry to say it doesn't go farther than that. It won't help out on any exporting to DVD.

As for the effects - with the Xena realtime effects - those are hardware accelerated (done on the Xena board) so you won't so any additional CPU usage. As for any other effects(isn't Magic Bullet only AE?), the clip on timeline will have a redbar above(meaning it isn't a realtime clip). The rendering of the effect is done by PPro2 via CPU so the 'non-rt' video probably won't playback in realtime (really depends on system, type of effect, etc.). You won't see the screen go to black when attempting to play thru non-rt clips instead the Xena will playback the video as fast as it can and will "drop" video frames if it can't keep up to maintain sync with audio.

Dezmond