LaCie FW800 drive and other firewire devices problem

[Walter Biscardi]

[Borjis] “They have to be formatted journalled don’t they?”

No, media drives should NEVER be formatted with Journaled.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Trevor Ward]

Yeah, that’s kind of some of what I saw. For example, if the LaCie was on and mounted, and then I turned on the camera and then launched FCP, the wheel just spun and spun and spun as if FCP was launching (with the FCP box where it tells you it’s finding the plugins and whatnot). As SOON AS I turned the camera off, FCP finished launching. I don’t like this drive. I’m taking it back to the apple store. I’m spending more money to buy something better. I don’t have time to deal with this!

-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
orlando, fl

[Trevor Ward]

I tried different cables, no effect. actually, I am able to get both drives on my desktop and transfer files between them. But I was able to do that before. The problem was when I turned on the camera deck.

I tried formatting the drive. Again no difference. So I guess having a FW800 hard drive and trying to run a camera deck is useless.

Customer service from LaCie returned this:
All FireWire devices on the computer share the same bandwidth. Some devices (especially cameras) take up a large chunk of that bandwidth even when they are not in use.
When troubleshooting, please first make sure to remove all other external FireWire devices. Then connect this drive only and confirm that it works correctly. Then add one of the other devices (one at a time) and check if the drive and the other device still work together.
You may also consider daisy-chaining one or more devices together on one port.

So no help, really.

Oh, I will try one more thing. I will plug in the LaCie with the FW400, like the other drives and the camera. But I have to shut down my computer. Bye.

-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
orlando, fl

[David Roth weiss]

[Trevor Ward] “I tried formatting the drive. Again no difference. So I guess having a FW800 hard drive and trying to run a camera deck is useless.”

Trevor,

Ever wonder why your Apple computer comes equipped with SATA drives inside and why FCP no longer officially supports Firewire??? Now you know…

DRW

[Trevor Ward]

I didn’t know that FCP doesn’t officially support firewire. Huh. Well, I tried to plug in the LaCie with the FW400. Now to turn the camera on to see if it works…Nope. Same deal. So, as far as I’m concerned, my Maxtor One Touch FW400 drives are better than the LaCie because I can have 4 of them on and connected at teh same time, and still run the camera and capture footage.

I’m taking it back tomorrow am.

-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
orlando, fl