• VEGAS Pro

  external hard drive

  Posted by James Redmond on October 10, 2005 at 7:24 pm

  Hi!

  I just started editing using Vegas on my Fitiju Lifebook 3500 laptop.

  My question is using external hard drives either firewire or USB 2 to capture my project to and edit on. I’m thinking of using 7200 rpm drives.

  Any experience and or recommendations with this?

  Looking for a way to make it work with all the data….

  Thanks, James

  James Redmond
  Dynamic Videos, Inc.
  Rogers, AR USA

  Rob Mack replied 20 years, 7 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Edward Troxel

  October 10, 2005 at 7:39 pm

  Yes, you can use external drives for this purpose. You can also use them as either firewire or usb. I’m able to capture via firewire through the firewire drive. Other people have had problems doing that and hook up the drive via usb.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Gary Kleiner

  October 10, 2005 at 7:40 pm

  Both USB2 and firewire will work fine.

  Gary
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  James Redmond

  October 10, 2005 at 7:45 pm

  Thanks guys!!! Just wanted to make sure I had my ducks in line. Again thanks, James

  James Redmond
  Dynamic Videos, Inc.
  Rogers, AR USA
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  Janet Turner

  October 11, 2005 at 12:43 am

  I, too, have had no problem capturing to USB2 7200 rpm drives. One of my drives is a 40 gig tiny 5400 rpm drive. Works great.

  Grasshopper
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  Rob Mack

  October 21, 2005 at 6:16 pm

  You might be best off covering your bases with a combination firewire/USB2.0 drive.

  Firewire usually works just fine but not always.

  Rob Mack

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