[Ti] Capture DV to external drive

[M Burke]

Richie,

Check here for an overview of DV to hard disk.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/2002/06/12/fischer-dv.htm

I do a lot of broadcast editing on a G4 tower.  I know the hard drive 
spin as to be minimum 7200 RPM in order to handle broadcast quality NTSC 
video and 10000 for high definition.  High definition is the highest 
quality and puts the greatest demand on speed and space.  NTSC is higher 
quality than standard definition so you may want to check the following 
which is a dedicated site to firewire:

http://www.firewire-1394.com/ads-technologies.htm

MBurke

Richie wrote on 2/1/04, 10:29 AM:

 > I asked last week if anyone had experience capturing DV footage to an
 > external drive (Final Cut Express or Pro) using the port on the external
 > drive and decided to try it this morning. It works for about 5 seconds
 > before stopping. This might work with a PCMCIA cardbus F/W adapter so the
 > camera and drive have their own ports but will have to wait until one is
 > purchased. Of course a new Powerbook with a much larger drive (or
 > replacing
 > the current 20 gig drive) would also work.
 >