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My Book
HI:
I just bought a hard drive called “My Book”. 500gigs. And when I capture files to this external drive, it automatically cuts the video into 2megs size files. This is disconcerning for me, because I am often forced to transfer files to other drives and because the the files are broken up, I run into difficulty when I try and reconnect the media in FCP. Is their anyway I can avoid having this drive cut up the files like this? I have a LACIE external drive and it doesn’t do this? But who can beat the look of “MY Book”. So cute!
https://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en (link to my book)
Thanks.
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5 Replies
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The drive needs to be formatted Mac OS Extended or you’ll get the file sizes cut down… Use Apple’s drive utility for the reformatting.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Aren’t these “MyBook” external drives only USB2 and not FW?
If so, USB is not considered a suitable transfer path for FCP video.
FW is only barely approved by Apple.
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No, they are firewire. Apple sells them in the Apple store. I saw them and just looked them over.
Nothing is gonna replace my G-tech drives.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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I wouldn’t use them for video, BUT the latest ones are USB 2.0 which is a little faster than FW400.
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USB drives shouldn’t be used for media don’t think…. the bus is fast enough but the bridge chipsets aren’t.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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