[MacDV] Re: External hard drive for video work

[Ken Schneider]

>> What rule of thumb do you use for estimating the size of
>> "project-sized" partition when allocating partitions?
>
> I've got a 300GB external (seagate barracuda) and I divided it into
> several 30GB partitions for the majority of my video projects. I  
> seldom
> work on things that start out with more than an an hour or so of  
> video,
> say 20 GB max. (though most are ~10GB). This leaves lots of room for
> photos and music or special audio files. There are a couple of bigger
> partitions for the rare times when I need more room.

Isn't it a pain in the neck needing to change the paths for your  
render files, capture files, project files, cache files, etc. for the  
different partitions when using Final Cut Pro or Express?

Thanks,

-= Ken =-


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