yep, 24p hdv in cs3 looks like a no go for now. I'm editing HDV on my laptop, its a core2duo with 2 gigs of ram and windows vista home premium, and it works like a champ. Vegas works flawlessly for 24p hdv.

Yeah a few more hours with it tonight and I must say it is very good. I am amazed that I am able to edit so quickly and easily. I was really concerned I would have to buy Cineform as I really can't afford it right now.

What are you using for output settings by the way? I like to encode to DVD from another (non Adobe) application and I have been playing with different ways to output the final edited content. Huffy (as suggested to me in another forum) is pretty decent but I am always interested in what other peoples work flows are.

Julian

Went back to 30fps and all is well again (sync issues gone) although now I am getting com errors when I try to view the output huffyuv file. I did some searching and found information regarding Nero (I use lite so no problem there) and to be honest I am stumped.

I am playing around with all the export options in CS3 now and will settle on something soon. I am going to have to save up and get cineform.. I was all set to do it (more major damage to the credit card) when I got a nasty bill for $700 for brakes for the car..

Onwards and upwards we go :)

Yes, save up for CineForm, works great, good workflow!
Jon

To be honest, aside from output (and the main concept mpeg encoder isn't too bad to be honest) my machine flies while editing native HDV so I might just pass on it completely. Quad core makes it absolutely fly!