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Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt for multicam on a MacBook using PP 5.5
I do a fair amount of 4 camcorder AVCHD projects using PP 5.5. I purchased my 17″ MacBook Pro (3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM) a few years ago and it came with a Thunderbolt port which I’ve never used. I’m thinking of buying a Buffalo 1.0TB MiniStation™ Thunderbolt drive is as it’s meant to be fast, it’s certainly light and it’s reasonably priced. However, I think I read somewhere that’s it’s 5,400 revs…?
If I bought it I plan on using it for all footage and the project file etc (as I do with my external USB3 drives currently) so I can use it occasionally with my iMac when necessary.
Does anybody have experience of doing multicam work with this drive, perhaps with a similar machine to mine? Would the drive be OK..?
Many thanks for any advice etc
PP 5.5 and 6, iMac 24 + MBP 17″. Near Geneva, Switzerland
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Just in case anybody stumbles over this post with a similar need in mind, I went ahead, bought the drive and I’ve just finished a two hour, four AVCHD camcorder multi-cam project with all footage and the project file in the same directory. At the same time I had to quickly upgrade to CS6 – but that’s another story.
This tiny, lightweight drive was everything I wanted it to be with NO performance issues. I’m very happy with it and I’m lugging around a lot less in my backpack.
PP 5.5 and 6, iMac 24 + MBP 17″. Near Geneva, Switzerland
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After another week of usage I’m less enthusiastic about it. For some reason I’m getting a lot of stutters in the multicam window. I don’t know what’s happened but I’m now looking for something portable and much faster.
PP 5.5 and 6, iMac 24 + MBP 17″. Near Geneva, Switzerland
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I seem to have resolved my problem by splitting the four multicam video clips over three drives: two of them on a USB3 Caldigit AV, one on a WD USB3 drive and one on the Thunderbolt drive. The two USB3 connections for my MacBook Pro are through a Caldigit Express card.
It’s still not 100% smooth but it’s tolerable and certainly MUCH better than having all four clips on one drive of any description.
PP 5.5 and 6, iMac 24 + MBP 17″. Near Geneva, Switzerland
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