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Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: Hard drive - Recent Topics http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: Hard drive - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:27:34 +0000 FireFly on "trying to salvage canon gl1 in the digital age" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/trying-to-salvage-canon-gl1-in-the-digital-age#post-70210 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:41:05 +0000 FireFly 70210@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ my canon GL1 has been sitting lonely on a shelf for a few years now. i never liked having to do video capture in order to get the video into my pc which is probably one of the reasons i gave up on video as a hobby - that is until digital camcorders that could record to sdhc came on the scene. since then, i've been rekindling my hobby since it is so each to get video into the pc now. but, i still wish i could find some use for my GL1 without breaking the bank. does anyone know if any of these things are possible and how to do it 1 - connect the GL1 directly to a pc to record directly to disk rather than to a miniDV tape. i would be willing to use the camera in a fixed studio setting if this is possible 2 - is there a cheap miniDV player that can convert a tape to sdhc or a harddrive 3 - i know there is a cool device that can connect to the DV port and record directly to a built in hard drive, but this is rather expensive - way more than what i would be willing to spend. <a href="http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=QSDV-HDV-6&Category_Code=DV&Product_Count=0">http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=QSDV-HDV-6&Category_Code=DV&Product_Count=0</a> any suggestions would be appreciated. peachydingo on "External Drives for imac 24"" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-drives-for-imac-24#post-40669 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:33:03 +0000 peachydingo 40669@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ My office bought an iMac 24" with FCE. And it has USB 2.0, FW400/FW800 ports, and a single internal hard drive. Every single training book or video tells you to run your files off a separate hard drive, so I want to add an external drive. I'm looking at LaCie, G-Raid, and OWC externals. If any of you have any comments about these drives, please post your opinions. Thanks! juberg on "Laptop for AVCHD editng ? 5400 rpm hard drive?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/laptop-for-avchd-editng-5400-rpm-hard-drive#post-54346 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:35:35 +0000 juberg 54346@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I am looking to buy a Notebook core i7 for AVCHD editing. The Toshiba Qosmio X500-014 sold here in Canada has all the specs I want: 6gB RAM core i7 2x 500 Gb hard drives (HOWEVER at 5400 rpm ???) BD-ROM display full HD 1080 p Windows 7 Home 120 Watt power adaptor Does anyone know if running hard drive at 5400 rpm matters or not for AVCHD editing? Thank you, Martin Utopia on "Can I record to hard drive from Canon XL H1 HDV or XH-A1 HDV?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-record-to-hard-drive-from-canon-xl-h1-hdv-or-xh-a1-hdv#post-53829 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:33:45 +0000 Utopia 53829@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I am looking to upgrade from a sony pro-sumer mini dv to a professional model Canon BUT as technology seems to be moving away from tape, I was hoping to find a model that would record to hard drive. Canon does not seem to offer the pro models with a hard drive, only mini hd tape. What would be the best route for me to go to get high quality images with ease of inputting for editing? Also, I often get requests to videotape events. As these situations do not call for editing, simply putting the recording on a format that the consumer can view at home (dvd), I want to minimize my post production time. With the mini dv I currently use, I have to import all of the footage into the computer, put it together in final cut, and export to dvd. All time consuming. Can anyone recommend a way around this while still getting good quality? I have even considered the cameras that record straight to dvd, but they all seem to be low end consumer models and I was not sure how good a quality the end product would be. Suggestions? As the rest of my work is specialty pieces that require considerable editing, I was hoping to find a camera that would allow me to do both. It is cost prohibitive to have to buy a separate camera for each application, not to mention a lot of gear to haul around. The shooter on "24" iMac for editing" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/24-imac-for-editing#post-50926 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:59:40 +0000 The shooter 50926@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hi, I was going to buy a wonderful Canon HFS100 but I realized that my old mac wouldn't handle HD. I now want to buy an new editing computer! I'm looking at a 24" iMac with 4GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive. I will be using Final Cut Express and a future AVCHD HFS100. Am I missing anything? Will this computer suit editing? Ideas? Thanks in advance for all your great ideas guys! The shooter on "Hard drive camcorder, easy editing?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hard-drive-camcorder-easy-editing#post-50098 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:17:44 +0000 The shooter 50098@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hi, I'm shopping for a quality camcorder, but consumer level. Since the tape is seeming to go away, i'm interested in hard drive models like the CANON HFS100. Here is my question. When I transfert the files to my computer, will each clip be stored independently? I just came back from vacation with 3 tapes--so a lot of clips, but captured the tape in a few clips. Aving millions of clip would be a lot much longer to edit.(I edit with Final Cut Express 4) If there is not a alternative to this, could the HV40 do the job instead? Thanks in advance for all your great ideas, Antoine mroy on "Capture and compress large files to DVD disk image" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/capture-and-compress-large-files-to-dvd-disk-image#post-53311 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:12:20 +0000 mroy 53311@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I work in my high school auditorium, and part of my job is to produce, duplicate, and sell DVD's of most events we host. We have three cameras mounted on Eagle PTZ heads, and control them in the light booth with an eagle controller. From there the cameras are routed into our switcher/ production computer running NewTek VT5. This is how we have been producing the DVD so far: We record VT5's program output directly onto a DVD using an external DVD burner. When it is time to copy the disc we take it to another pc workstation that runs a robotic duplicator. This has worked okay so far, but over time the master DVD's wear out and start causing problems. Also, the time it takes the DVD drive to finalize, along with the time it takes the duplicator to create a temporary disk image file to copy from adds at least an extra half hour to our production process. Here is what I would like to do: I would like to take the output from the VT5 workstation (most likely Firewire,) and use the duplication pc to capture the feed live. Our shows usually run around two hours, so I would have to somehow compress the video file to fit it on a DVD. Then I need to create a disk image file that the duplication software can work with. By doing this, all I would have to do to make a copy is tell the duplication software to read the disk image, rather than search through the binder for the master DVD. What I need help with: I'm looking for any suggestions regarding the best/fastest software that can capture and compress the video, as well as create a disk image. Is there such a program that can do all of that? Would I have to use multiple programs? Also what file formats would be the best to use throughout the whole process? I am also hoping to archive a file that can easily be imported into an editing program, hopefully not too large a file, but still keeping decent quality. Random Thoughts/Questions <ul> <li>Is a 6 pin Firewire cable fast enough to transfer the video?</li> <li>Will a 15 foot Firewire cable affect the quality or speed of the transfer?</li> <li>I will be using an external hard drive to store the video files and disk images. What kind of drive will perform best, considering the tight budget we are on?</li> <li>I will most likely need to trim the video at the beginning to cut out any black space/ color bars. Will this software be able to do that, or will I have to use an editor?</li> <li>Can I set the compressed file size so the entire DVD is used up, keeping the quality as high as possible?</li> </ul> Thanks in advance to anyone who responds. I know I'm asking a lot, so any ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Mike Roy Video Production Fuerst Auditorium blindeye on "File storage" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/file-storage#post-52976 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:39:04 +0000 blindeye 52976@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Ok, folks. I'm working on a mac, FCP, I store all my files on an external 1.5TB hard drive, and right now it's at about 900 Gigs of files. My internal hard drive is 320G, and I have an 320 time back up hard drive for all the system files and software programs. So now I need to figure out how to BACK UP the hard work and files. I talked to Apple, and they said to mirror the drive. So I bought another 1.5TB hard drive to mirror it to (because my internal hard drive doesn't have the room for it to create a mirror on my desktop!), but it took a full day to compress it, then another 6 hours to uncompress to the new Hard Drive. So that's no help, I can't afford a full day and a half down time every time I make an edit. I talked to Larry Jordan, and he says a RAID is the way to go. Without spending gajillions of dollars, what do you suggest for an Raid? Do all Raids take bigger hard drives in each slot? Thanking everyone in advance for their help! SidneyMyers on "Hard Drive problem with Sony HDR-SR100" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hard-drive-problem-with-sony-hdr-sr100#post-46188 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:50:52 +0000 SidneyMyers 46188@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I recently had the internal hard drive on my sony HDR-SR100 camcorder fail. I have heard of people getting new hard drives (even larger ones than the 30gb that comes with the camera) and getting the camera back up and working. There was an article online where I read about people changing out hard drives on a Sony HDR-SR 11 (I think it was), and I get the impression that this would be the same hard drive that I need. I really like this camcorder and would hate to have to chuck it if I can get it back up and running for $100 or under. I bought one on eBay for around $30.00 but it doesn't work. Does anybody know what the hard drive model number is and or where to get these hard 1.8 inch drives? RTR7 on "Help deciding - Mini DV or HD" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-deciding-mini-dv-or-hd#post-43103 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:46:46 +0000 RTR7 43103@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I need help deciding on a new camcorder, PLEASE.Â I had a Canon Elura 100 for 1 1/2 years but it started having tape issues (won't release them and/or take them).Â Instead of shelling out the $$ to get it repaired I thought I would get a new one.Â Hubby wants me to get a HD as he thinks it would be easier for him to "simply" connect to the computer & watch.Â I was leaning toward the HD but am thinking now about sticking with the Mini DV as I have a few years worth of tapes I would like to eventually (hopefully sooner than later) transfer onto the computer & copy onto a disc.Â I understand that the compression is better w/Mini DV but from what I've read, copying is easier w/HD.Â I only use my camcorders for filming our sons at racing events.Â I don't really want to do a whole lot of editing (quite possibly a little).Â I keep hearing HD is the way to go & it seems as if the MiniDV is becoming obsolete.Â Bottom line I want the best way to preserve my sons' events (previously recorded & future).Â Also, I've never copied anyÂ footage onto aÂ CDÂ & am a little confused.Â What I would like to do is filmÂ an event (wrestling match) & copy it onto aÂ DVD.Â Then I would like to addÂ additional footage consecutively until theÂ DVDÂ is filled up.Â Can this be done & on which DV would I copy it to?Â By the way, the camcorders I'm currently considering are the Sony Handycam DCR-SR45 (HD) & Sony DCR-HC62 (MiniDV).Â Any suggestions ASAP are appreciated. mbeano on "External Hard Drive Recommendation?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40608 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:24:10 +0000 mbeano 40608@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Â Hello everyone, I am a new film student (as of now I have only taken theory classes, and yet to take a production class).Â I am thinking of buying an external hard drive.Â It has been a really long time since I have touched anything in relation to film or video editing so I am pretty ignorant to alot of the technology as well as the jargon. I really want to get more into video editing.Â Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, I have to buy my system in stages, little by little, and cannot afford to have 1 system dedicated solely to editing (for now).Â So for the time being my laptop will be used for everday stuff as well as learning editing and fufute student video projects.Â Here are my computer details: Laptop - Apple MacbookPro 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4G DDR2 SDRAM, and 250G Hard drive, running OSXÂ 10.5. For now I only have iMovie, but eventually plan on buying Final Cut Pro.Â So for now I am looking for recommendations on an external hard drive.Â I know I want at least 1 terabyte of storage.Â I am also wondering If it is recommended to get 2 separate external hard drives - one for my media, and 1 for everyday stuff.Â In all I'd like to keep my costs down under $600. As I am new to all of this any comments on what I need or should be thinking about would be welcome, and all adviceÂ would be much appreciated Thanks in advance, Mike markFYI on ""HELP" FS100 Won't Mount" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-fs100-wont-mount#post-38205 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:52:35 +0000 markFYI 38205@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Â I have a DTE FS100 DVCPRO HD I am using it with an HVX 200 and trying to get it to mount on my MacBook Pro running Leopard.Â I follow the instructions in the manual to do this but it still wont mount.Â Does anyone have suggestions as to why? mrjman on "Suggestions" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/suggestions#post-36902 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:09:40 +0000 mrjman 36902@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Ok... I'm going to buy my own equiptment over the summer and I wanted some suggestions on what I should do. I'm not sure which ones better but my options are Get a mini dv tape camcorder, Get a hard drive USB 2.0 camcorder, or get a miniDVD disc camcorder. Any suggestions on which one to shoot for just let me know. by the way, I have a Windows XP with firewire and USB andÂ I have the editing software Sony Vegas.