[MacDV] FCP and total capturing time

[Mark M. Florida]

There's a preference that allows you to limit the length of footage you want
to capture -- you just need to either increase it to a more reasonable level
for your needs (60 or 90 minutes maybe), or disable the limit altogether.

- Mark

On 1/15/04 10:27 AM, Paul Williams at mulder at fred.net wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I just installed FCP and pointed the scratch disk at my second, 180
> gig HD. FCP pro tells me this will allow me to capture 30 minutes of
> video. Quite frankly, this isn't nearly enough time. I have about 2
> hours of video i plan on capturing in about 10 minutes increments
> (They're 8mm movies now on DV).
> 
> I guess my question is, does 180 gigs really limit me to a grand
> total of 30 minutes of capture? Or once i capture my first 30 minutes
> and save will i be allowed more capture time?
> 
> I'm a FCP newbie, it seems i'll be in the market for A LOT MORE
> external drives!
> 
> :)
> 
> Paul