[MacDV] iMovie Camcorder Export Woes

[Jim Asherman]

On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 08:59  PM, David Thrasher wrote:
> Optimizing the hard drive.
>
> The time it worked the best was when I had optimized the hard drive, 
> shut it down completely first, and had virtual memory on.
>
> I'm not sure if the problems I'm having exporting are due to settings 
> or if I have an undiagnosed hard drive problem. I certainly don't want 
> to undergo these sort of hassles everytime I export something larger 
> than 7 minutes to Mini-DV tape.
>
> (PS: I may post some notes about this production here - about problems 
> I encountered and work-arounds I came up with, in case any of this 
> information is useful to someone.)
>
> -Dave
>

You really want to optimize before you put the footage in, and then run 
with virtual memory off.
Jim