what is the best device for full hd multicam editing?

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what is the best device for full hd multicam editing?

I just try 5 clip from canon 5d mark III multicam editing in imac new 5k 27inch and it works very slow i want to know that is the best device for easy edit?

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Posted on Sep 5, 2015 9:25 AM

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Russ H

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Sep 5, 2015 9:43 AM in response to borix_musix

The computer you tried is fine but with 5 streams you will need the media to reside on a striped RAID.

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Sep 5, 2015 9:42 AM in response to Russ H

thank you for answering.

can you explain more a bout reside and striped raid

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Russ H

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Sep 5, 2015 10:06 AM in response to borix_musix

You need a very fast drive (the RAID) on which the media files are stored (which is what I meant by "reside").

Here is an article that I found that may be helpful. (Note the section on multi cam editing,)

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Sep 5, 2015 10:03 AM in response to borix_musix

YOur drive has to read all 5 streams at once and is not fast enough.

to edit you need to have your media stored in a fast external drive.

A RAID is a device that uses two or more drives together as if they were one in order to have more speed (that's what the word "striped" means roughly).

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