[1394] Re: Mac Firewire Drives on PC

[Steve Kolb]

Thanks for the clarification. In fact, my digital video capture is 
automatically broken into 2+GB "bite-sized" chunks that I treat as 
video clips when editing them in FinalCut Pro.
Steve


On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 10:08 AM, jeff chasick wrote:

> The limit he is referring to is a single file cannot be larger than 3G 
> (or
> maybe 2G) - FAT32 has a file size limit in terms of transferring 
> files.  It
> is not related to the size of the drive itself.
>
>
>> I don't believe it does. I have a couple of 40-gig and a 60-gig drive
>> formatted FAT32 for digital video capture and editing on my Mac.
>>
>> Steve Kolb
>> The Official Photographer
>> Sacramento, CA
>> http://homepage.mac.com/mackolb
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 09:58 AM, Ron wrote:
>>
>>> Doesn't this reintroduce the 2gb file size limit??
>>>>
>>>> Normally you would format the drive as a FAT32 drive so that Mac and
>>>> PC can
>>>> read the drive.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Macintosh.
>>> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> ----------
>> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on 
>> Macintosh.
>> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>>
>> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
>> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>>
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>> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
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>
>
> ----------
> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on 
> Macintosh.
> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>
> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>
>    Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
>    Outpost    |         http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml
>
> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
>  Depot   | starting at $95!!  <http://www.fwdepot.com>