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external drives
Is there any difference between capturing my media onto a drive that is connected through firewire than through USB?
(I’m using a La Cie) -
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Yes. Final Cut Pro will not capture to a drive via USB. It MUST be a firewire drive, or a secondary internal drive.
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Do you mean the quality is lower? Because I just tested it and it captured onto a drive that was connected to the computer through a USB cord…
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HiMellisa,
I think Shane was referring to the actual capture of the video source to the MAC. I have never attempted to transfer to a drive USB as I have always used Firewire since avaiable. Back then USB could not support the data and it is my understanding that though USB 2.0 can transfer at the required rate, it has difficulties sustaining the same. Quality of the files will not change as it a digital transfer.
Though it may transfer ok, I would suspect that playback might prove tempermental, with limited realtime / dropped frames etc. Again, this is just conjecture as I have not done this, so lets see if any others have comments. In the long run the Firewire is very stable and well-documented for video use.
Regards,
Troy -
Thank you to you both. This has been very helpful.
Melissa
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