big video file transfer "trick"

[barry ellman]

Dear enthusiasts,

I was trying to figure out how to transfer the large I files from my 
I-Mac to my I-Book G4, without buying a larger Zip drive (mine is an 
embarrassing 100mb).

G. Kuhn and SB were nice enough to take me through the steps of hot 
wire transfer with a firewire, but I was nervous about tricking one of 
my computers by starting up with the T key held down.

So, I figured out a simple way of transferring the large I-Movie files.

I JUST COPY THE I-MOVIE TO MY VIDEO CAMERA! (Yeah, I'm sure you folks 
are thinking I'm not a rocket scientist, but I don't claim to be!)

I-Movie makes this very easy. Not only do I now have a nice copy of a 
series of short I-Movies on tape that I can save, send to my kids, 
etc., but then it takes absolutely no time at all to transfer back to 
the other computer via Firewire.

Basically, I am using the Canon ZR60 as a giant hard drive transfer and 
storage facility. Certainly cheaper then storing all my movies on 
I-Disc, which gets pretty expensive after a while.

And the saving to tape takes a couple of minutes, rather then the hours 
you fellows are spending cutting those DVDs.

later, docgonzo
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