[MacDV] Re: capturing...

[Erica Sadun]

At 1:57 PM -0500 7/12/04, Michael Winter wrote:
>On Jul 12, 2004, at 1:39 PM, matblack at mac.com wrote:
>
>>Can someone refresh my memory... can I capture to an external drive 
>>or not? I remember it being funky at some point. It's 7200rpm FW...
>
>In general there shouldn't be a problem, but there are some issues 
>with some devices. If you want to tell us what your source is 
>(camera or convertor model), and what computer you're using, I'm 
>sure someone on the list can give a more specific answer.

It depends a  lot on the load on the firewire bus and the speed
of the computer.

-- Erica