[MacDV] Re: Firewire HDD Experience

[Gerhard Kuhn]

I have 512 mg of ram and a 15" Superdrive 800  iMac 60 gig internal and 
80 gig firewire drive.  I don't think the amount of ram would make a 
great deal of difference while capturing because if it were to be a 
buffer for a slow drive it would still run out no matter how much was 
installed, it would just take a few seconds longer.    When copying 
files from the internal to external drive it will copy the files faster 
than the play time so simple through put is not the problem either.  I 
think that this has more to do with how the firewire devices are 
controlled by the iMac and how the band width is shared.  At least that 
is my guess.



Gerhard Kuhn
suspice at hay.net

On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 12:17  AM, doug lauber wrote:

> with a LaCie external fire 60gig HD, I capture directly to it. No 
> problems.
> How much ram do you have? Processor speed?   -doug
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