[MacDV] FCP and total capturing time

[James Asherman]

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 11:27  AM, Paul Williams 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
>

180 gigs should capture about 7 hours of DV so some setting must be 
screwed up.
J
I get up to 4 or more hours on an 80 gig easily.