• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  re: external hard drive

  Posted by Steve Foulkrod on April 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm

  Hi guys,

  I edit a lot of HDV content with a 21.5″ iMac w/FCS 3. I’m looking to buy an 1TB external hard drive for around $100.00. I know I need at least 7200 rpm/FW 800. Any suggestions?

  Thanks,

  Steve

  Steve Foulkrod replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Brendan Maghran

  April 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm

  There are lots of good brands, both consumer and prosumer you could use. Most 1TB 7200rpm FW800 drives will run you about $140-$250. If you’re looking to stay around 100 I would say check out Lacie, Seagate or Western Digital (but at $100 you’re likely to run into USB based drives). But if you’re willing to spend a bit more, GRAID, Glyph. With HDV material you might also want to transcode your material down to avoid lag, especially if you’re multi-clipping.
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  Steve Foulkrod

  April 15, 2011 at 5:09 pm

  Thanks Brendan,

  I was able to find a Lacie 1TB 7200rpm FW800 external drive for $99.00 at MicroCenter. As far as “transcoding down”, are talking about during injest?

  Thanks,

  Steve
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  Brendan Maghran

  April 15, 2011 at 6:44 pm

  Are you working from a tapeless or tape source? The transcode comment was just about editing at a lower data rate (prores proxy, prores LT) so you don’t hang your system and then upresing back to Prores 422 or Prores HQ. I’ve had some issues with HDV in the past that’s all.

  https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1
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  Steve Foulkrod

  April 15, 2011 at 9:14 pm

  Mini DV tape, I’ll have to experiment with the codecs.

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