On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Paul Williams wrote: > Hi All, > > I just installed FCP and pointed the scratch disk at my second, 180 > gig HD. FCP pro tells me this will allow me to capture 30 minutes of > video. Quite frankly, this isn't nearly enough time. I have about 2 > hours of video i plan on capturing in about 10 minutes increments > (They're 8mm movies now on DV). > > I guess my question is, does 180 gigs really limit me to a grand total > of 30 minutes of capture? Or once i capture my first 30 minutes and > save will i be allowed more capture time? > > I'm a FCP newbie, it seems i'll be in the market for A LOT MORE > external drives! > > :) > > Paul > 180 gigs should capture about 7 hours of DV so some setting must be screwed up. J I get up to 4 or more hours on an 80 gig easily.