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This is a discussion on USB Hard Drive Video Capture within the Archives forums, part of the Archived Threads category; Can I capture video via firewire to an external USB 2.0 powered 7200RPM drive on an iBook? Was wondering if ...
- 04-07-2006, 10:07 PM #1Apple Genius
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USB Hard Drive Video Capture
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture video to FW and daisy chain it to a external HD via FW would be a better option.
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture How can I daisy chain it? Does it mean I have to look for an external drive with 2 Firewire ports?
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture Most 3.5" Firewire enclosures will have 2 Firewire ports
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture Can you recommend a good (if not great) external enclosure with a 7200RPM drive that is available locally?
- 04-08-2006, 02:51 AM #6Mac User
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture I capture from minidv using my ibook's fw port then i use an external usb 2.0 hd as my scratch disk. I've never encountered any dropped frames so far.
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture Thanks vinnov4! What enclosure are you using by the way?
- 04-16-2006, 07:19 AM #8Newbie
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture vinnov4 is right. you can use an external usb 2.0 hd as a scratch disk. But you do need to use the firewire port to minimize the risk of dropped frames. I use a maxtor external HD in capturing and haven't encountered any problem at all. A Lacie external drive is good too!
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture I dont get it. Use the firewire port for what? My theory is like this: Connect the DV camera to the firewire, and capture the video onto a USB 2.0 7200RPM hard drive. Is that it?
- 04-24-2006, 10:41 PM #10Mac Addict
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Re: USB Hard Drive Video Capture USB 2.0 performance is bad, typically 20% worse than firewire due to over head. Firewire is a Peer to Peer technology, while USB is a Master slave technology, which basically means lots of overhead.
Get a firewire hub if your ibook doesn't have enough ports, otherwise daisy chianing should be okay. There are FW/USB2/SATA drive cases available.
You'll also get better performance by capturing to the internal hard drive if there is enough space. If there isn't you could upgrade that and put the old internal in an external case for general storage.
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