WorkPrinter + External Harddisc?

Post by **MovieMaker** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:06 pm

Hi everyone....

Just wonder if anyone of you uses your WP with an external harddisc. (Sorry Roger for asking again...)

My eye catched this one:
Seagate 160GB, Ultra ATA/100, 1MB Cache, 8,9 m/sec, 7200 rpm) can be connected via firewire or USB

If I use such an external harddisc would it really be necessary to get the Raid-0 configuration with two seperate 80GB drives? WouldnÃ‚Â´t it be easier to use just this one for capturing and then taking it to another comp an perform the editing?

Really curioius about your opinions...

MovieMaker

Post by **Pepe** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:16 pm

i've never used a workprinter, but i can say that with premiere (5.5) on a macintosh i have never been able to capture directly to a firewire external HD; but this has maybe something to do with premiere, or with the configuration i am using?

p.pe

Post by **mattias** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:01 pm

i capture to an external firewire drive using fcp on my g3 mac.

/matt

Post by **moviesko** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:50 pm

Hi,

I even had problems with internal IDE/ATA drives capturing with Workprinter Pro with 6 fps. 1 and 3 fps was OK. I installed RAID-0 with SATA drives and get 100% results with 6fps, too. Problem was few frames with vertical "smear" , in 50 feet roll there were 5-10 defective frames. While previewing the captured file, it was hard to even notice these frames, but while editing the file it was easy to notice them. Then I started to check every file I had captured and notice that most of them had smeared frames. Now, with RAID-0 I get consistently 100% clean results. I'm using Dodcap for capturing. In the first place I did not even believe Roger's recommendation for RAID-0, but now I'm convinced

Merry Xmas !

Esko

Post by **paulcotto** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:06 am

Just buy a pull out hard drive enclosure. I have one that I got with 2 pull out enclosures for under $20 on eBay. Then you dont need to worry about firewire or USB issues.

Paul Cotto

Post by **Dave Anderson** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:38 pm

I agree with moviesko - A Raid is a must if you want to get the best results. Once captured, then you can move the material to a removable drive caddy, or external drive to do the editing on. I would only use the raid for capture which would also allow you to format often.

Regards,

Dave