USB2.0 vs firewire for an external hard drive to capture vid

1. nobody
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   i am currently using a USB2.0 80GB western digital hard drive on a computer with adobe premiere 6.5, 1 GB ram, 995MHz, windows xp pro
   
   when i capture video from my sony dv cam it comes up slightly choppy and stuttering in a few places. i was wondering if this was because of the UBS2.0 connection to my hard drive?
   the camera is connected on the computer with firewire, but it is capturing straight to the usb2 external hard drive. i have read in some places that firewire is faster and more efficient for continuous transfer such as capturing video
   any suggestions as to what the problem is???

   Posted 7 years ago #

2. Anonymous
   

   I have a maxtor 5000DV and I can capture straight to it from my firewire camcorder while the drive is connected via usb2.0
   
   The problem could be your computer can't keep up with the incoming data. I.e. if the processor is doing a lot of work, it can case your video to become choppy. Try running a de-frag on all your hard drives and see if that helps. You might also want to check to make sure your USB port is a 2.0 port and not a 1.1 port.
   
   Both USB 2.0 and Firewire have plenty of extra bandwidth to support the ~3mb/sec DV stream. No matter what you use, the results should be the same.

   Posted 7 years ago #

3. videojay
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   Can I capture video to an external HD in a format that will be compatabile with Mac's AND PC's and their video editing software? I"m ready to start capturing and editing this stack of 8mm, Hi8 and DV tapes in the closet. I'd like to buy an external 250+ GB, 7200 rpm firewire/USB2.0 HD so I don't have to recapture if I change from PC to Mac.
   
   I'd like to do some of that editing now, running Roxio Easy Creator 7 on a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop (30g HD, 384meg RAM, 700 MhZ pentium III, firewire400, USB1.1) after upgrading the internal CDRW to a DVD RW drive AND edit some later, when I'll likely trade the older family iBook for a new iMac or Powerbook with iMovie or Final Cut.
   
   So, here are my questions:
   1. Can a single External HD be read by Mac and PC? The October 2004 article in Videomaker seemed to imply it could... just need to verify. (any suggestions as to brands?)
   
   2. What file format is best for capture via my PC laptop for future editing? MPEG2 or AVI ? I assume once a project is under edit it is saved in proprietary file type in Videowave, iMovie or Final Cut. I just want the raw video available to either computer type.
   
   3. Since I'll be running off the larger, faster external HD, is 700 MHz and 384 mb of RAM fast enough for simple video editing ? The max RAM on this Dell is only 512 mb.
   
   Thanks for the help and I look forward to diving into the video edit world this year! [/i]

   Posted 7 years ago #

4. compusolver
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   1. Can a single External HD be read by Mac and PC? The October 2004 article in Videomaker seemed to imply it could... just need to verify. (any suggestions as to brands?)

   
   Well, the DRIVE might be usable by either, but it has to be formatted for the operating system, which puts quite a damper on your plans to move quickly between the two systems since I don't think you can have it formatted for Windows and for the Mac at the same time.
   
   

   2. What file format is best for capture via my PC laptop for future editing? MPEG2 or AVI ? I assume once a project is under edit it is saved in proprietary file type in Videowave, iMovie or Final Cut. I just want the raw video available to either computer type.

   
   
   I don't know of any editing package that natively uses MPEG2 except for one that only comes with an HD camcorder, but then I'm not familiar with Macs.
   
   

   3. Since I'll be running off the larger, faster external HD, is 700 MHz and 384 mb of RAM fast enough for simple video editing ? The max RAM on this Dell is only 512 mb.

   
   
   In short, 'No'. You've mentioned Roxio Easy Creator 7, so you could check its requirements, but I doubt if anyone here would recommend that software. You're probably not going to want to hear this, but I think you'd better review your choice of editing software and be prepared to upgrade your PC to a 2 gigahertz or better CPU, all Intel system with at least 512k of RAM and 2 harddrives (one just for video files) and get a really good video card.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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