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ectoplasmosis in reply to @Fox

Which software editing platform do they work with, and which codecs?

If the answer to the second question is in any way ‘ProRes’, then just get a Mac, even a £600 M2 Mini, as this is the only platform with hardware acceleration for ProRes.

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Polygon in reply to @ectoplasmosis

I've heard you say this before and it checks out, pre-rendering to pro-res was pretty slow on the last project I worked with. But is there any equivalent option for PC? A lossless video codec capable of hardware acceleration, or is the only option to get a Mac purely for editing?

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ectoplasmosis in reply to @Polygon

ProRes is not a lossless codec. ‘Visually lossless’ is a stupid term that gets bandied about, which is bollocks.

The ‘Media Engine’ in newer Apple Silicon is so good, I wouldn’t use anything else for video editing, especially in ProRes.

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