[MacDV] External hard drive for video work

[Brett Conlon]

I meant to thank you for this balanced email. As it turned out my Reseller 
gave me an excellent deal on a 500GB FW800 case and Seagate drive so I'm 
STOKED. But I'll keep my eye on the relative performance difference 
between my current 120GB FW400 drive and the new drive (when it comes).

Many thanks,

Coj




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On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:

> What's your thoughts on the speed difference between the 400 and 800
> drive? Is it worth the extra cash outlay?

I'm not Steve, but I'll toss in my 2 cents.

Depends on what you're doing. Video capture happens in real time, so 
a faster drive doesn't help. Encoding, say for a DVD, is usually 
limited by how fast the rest of the computer is, not the drive. 
Generally speaking, the drive speed also isn't a limiting factor when 
editing. The only time I've found drive speed to be a limiting factor 
is when I've copied entire projects from one drive to another -and 
that doesn't happen very often.

That's all based on my (limited) experience, which does not include 
any HD work.

-Mike