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Camera and Hard Drive Problem
This is just strange.
I have a MacBook Pro and an I Mac…Both running OSX Leopard latest release and I am using Final Cut Studio with all of the latest updates.
I have 2 drives external and both FW 800. The first is a WD My book and the second is an IOmega.
I have 2 cameras…1 is a Panasonic DVCPRO HD and the other is a Canon GL 2 and of course both are FW 400.
My normal workflow….over the past year has been daisy the 2 HD and run 800 into the mac (either the laptop or the Imac). Then I plug my camera into the 400 port on the Iomega drive and I capture till my little heart is content….I have capped over 600 hours this way with no issues.
LAST NIGHT….WHEN I AM ON A DEADLINE….I try the MB Pro and it cannot recognize my device in log and capture so I switch to NON CONTROLLABLE DEVICE….NO LUCK THERE….so then I realize that both of my hard drives are now not recognized…..I unplug the camera and boom…there are my drives back….SO….I go direct into the FW 400 port with the camera and still no luck….This is with the panasonic….I try the canon and it works, but only if the external drives are disconnected and it goes direct to the machine….BUT THE PANASONIC WONT WORK….
So i then say screw it and go to the IMAC and guess what….SAME THING!!!!!!! Except this time the IMAC wont recognize either camera.
I am at a HUGE LOSS and I want to CRY big tears….What is going on here??
THanks in advance for all of your help
Robb
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6 Replies
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Hi Rob,
You really only have one fire-wire bus with both Macs, and you are bogging them down with too much data.
The iMac has only one f-w bus, and cannot be expanded, however you can get an express card for the MBP, with f-w ports, this will create a second separate f-w bus, and you can split the devices across these for better performance.Cheers
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But it has been working perfectly for a year so how am I all of the sudden overloading a bus???
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I am at an Apple store and for some reason this is happening on all of their systems as well…..I mean my problem is that this has worked for a year without fail.
I AM SO CONFUSED…..someone here said it might be the latest 10.7 update to Leopard.
Any thoughts??
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[Robb Helt] “I am at an Apple store and for some reason this is happening on all of their systems as well…..I mean my problem is that this has worked for a year without fail.
I AM SO CONFUSED…..someone here said it might be the latest 10.7 update to Leopard.
“..so you took your drives and cameras to the Apple store and the only change in the system is the OS update?
They may well be right, but try the express card there.Cheers
Alexander -
Well they said that I have a bigger problem than they can fix and so I am now dealing with the engineers in Ca.
They checked the bus and everything seems fine….and it should since it has worked for so long. Who knows. I just want this fixed!!
Robb
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What other s’ware have you added that has shown this event?
Have you tried the express card solution as a test at least?, this will narrow the problem.Cheers
Alexander
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