so i just had to post this,,,

could it be that we don't need to buy macbook pro's i have 2

my boy has a acer ACER laptop he ran VSL for 3 hours with no problem, here's the kicker he also had facebook,my space ustream & some other thing running at the same time and his computer did Not crash,,,, and were not talking a top of the line one neither were talking $500 laptop,,,,,,what the F*%K??????? i'm bugging out over here

now he didn't have a tv or projector on but he did have the 3 video window open
an acer doing video AN ACER ACER???????????

Its really engaging the expanded window that puts the video card to the test though
in alot of cases...

but shit...if it works...thats pretty kickass.

jc is right.

Would also be useful to know: at what settings (screen size, quality, frame-blending, etc.)?

Details are key to actually providing useful information.

will get that info next time at his house & post

eddie eye i think still uses a custom acer that runs flawless. been a while though

o i forgot to mention he has a 5400 rpm usb drive

This story is getting more and more unbelievable...haha jk

no it's not bull, what you think i come to the forum to type bull cause i have nothing better to do!!!!!

*ahem!* this thread is a complete waste of time without details:

1) what quality setting in Video-SL?

2) what resolution is used for the external screen (assuming that setup even works with an external screen)?

3) Frame-blending on or off?

4) V-Sync ^^ ?

5) Where are the videos from, and how are they encoded (bitrates, resolution, file-size, etc.)?

6) anything else relevant to the actual sharing of useful information, as opposed to wasting people's time with "blah blah blah".

1. medium

2.?

3. he told me how ever it comes set as default he did not change anything

4. same answer as # 3

5. promo only DFF & DVD encoded with
elgato turbo H.264
apple tv setting
720x480-size
4.3- aspect ratio
auto- overscan
29.97- fps
4000-
48,00- khz
stereo
160- kbpr

6. i'm not wasting anyones time i thought i post it cause i could NOT believe it my self

Now, you're not...thanks for the additional detail. Three other questions:

1) does it work with quality set to "high" (I really wouldn't want to run at medium for gigs myself)?

2) what kind of FPS numbers are you seeing in VIdeo-SL?

3) are effects and the "Melt" transition usable or not? (I've seen selecting the "Melt" transition make framerates go a lot lower).

Thanks again.

Forgot to mention...as was said before, it's really not a valid "real-world" test without actually sending the Video-SL output to an external screen in "fullscreen" mode.

i'll have to call him to get that info!

+1 on output to external screen.
Had a minimum spec HP and vidz looked ok on the 3 windows of VSL but looked choppy and quality was bad on external monitor.

Does his Acer support Quartz Compositions?

*runs and hides*

i was just like 3 hours??? my white macbook would get super hot & the fan would never turn off with the 3 windows, any way he's looking at getting a projector,,,,,,i'll keep everyone updated

Are you talking about an external drive here? If so, that's not unusual and I've never seen VSL mess up because of a low end external.

yes

UPDATE!!!!!!!

he was running vsl & sl the file way, meaning he didn't import his music or video in to serato.......he would just find it buy file & add it to the virtual deck

now that he imported his music in to serato his laptop is is freezing & going haywire

Wow hehe

This thread should be deleted.

buy a mac

ibtl

this thread would have been worth it had joee provided a youtube link showing his friends acer laptop crashing and then saying "this is what happens when you put a ferrari engine in a toyota prius and think youre the sh**"

you can see him all you want on you stream every monday philly radio live

i still have no idea why pple said VSL won't work on a pc...

Mainly people say it won't work well.

I think the problem is PC laptops until last year in the low dollar (sub $600) lacked decent video. In my experience, after extensive component testing I found the video card has the greatest effect on PC performance vs processor and memory. Once you have around Core2Duo 2.1ghz or faster with 2 GB of RAM, the video card is the next greatest thing. I tested on 2 AMD 2.6 quad core systems:

Nvidia 9800GTX
Nvidia 9500GT 1GB
ATI Radeon 4670 (integrated)

I found the 9800GTX would get 60fps in almost all scenarios, the 9500GT struggled for 50, and the 4670 was barely adequate.

Given all that, I bought a 2.53 Core2Duo, Nvidia GT 260M w/ 1GB video, 6GB RAM, Windows 7 64bit and I'm very happy with my video performance.

how much $$$$$$$ did it run you

thats kinda the "story" I preach to everyone.
its not that PC wont run it. its that a pc with inferior specs to the standard MBP
probably wont run it.
just like a plain old mid-level macbook wont run it well either.

people expect 1200 on a pc is alot.
when your mid-range 15" mbp is around 1900

I run a dual 2.53 with the nvidia 8700gt (which is the same as the mbps) and I dropped
2500 on my unit. granted i could have gone without the blue-ray player and got it for 2200. pretty much the same price, and specs as the 15" mbp, but 17"

we all know Im a big supporter of it CAN BE DONE.
and i do EVERYTHING on this machine...everything.
game.internet.vegas.photoshop.ssl.vsl.

$1000 + tax

dammm that good ,,,,,can you give me a link to the pc ,my boy with the accer has a grand & want to get something new