[MacDV] final cut express and external la cie drive

[Tim Selander]

The disk has to be USB 2.0  I'm not using FCP, so I don't know if it's 
too touchy for USB, but with Avid Xpress Pro, we have all (6 editors in 
the company, all using Xpress Pro on PB800 G4 laptops)  switched to USB 
2.0 drives, using USB PC cards, for capture and editing. We had too many 
flaky problems with firewire. I think Charles M. of Promax (may he rest 
in peace) was on to something when he did that research into FW 
problems. We would lose whole disks of media to weird crashes. Nary a 
problem since switching to USB a month or two ago. And USB 2.0 is 
real-world faster than our FW 400 disks were -- guesstimate that 
consolidates happen 20% faster on USB.

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan


sgtgeorgecarter wrote:
> I would never trust my data to a Western Digital drive... I've had too
> many simply decide to stop working.
> 
> Play the lottery, you're very lucky. I also have never had any luck
> capturing to a USB external. I stored things on a USB external, but
> was never able to capture directly to it.
> 
> Donna
> 
> On 3/10/06, Geoff Allen <geoff-a at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
>>I capture to a Western Digital USB2 drive just fine (with Final Cut
>>Express HD).
>>
>>Geoff
> 
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