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Powerbook not good choice for FCP
Thank u for your responses. I will be editing music videos and it sounds like fom the responses I’ve been getting that the powerbook is an OK choice but not a great choice. I will be sacrificing alot of editing power by going with it. But I may still choose the PowerBook over other options even though it’s really just a toy for novices who like to play around with making family albums and make little home videos and not made for a serious editor like myself. and the reason i will choose the PowerBook is because I really need the mobility.
Does anybody know if there are portable pocket drives that would be a good solution to edit off of. I will use an extrenal drive as the scratch disk since I hear it’s better to use a different drive to do the editing from the one where you have all the applications installed. Any thoughts? Are there any compact drives that are reliable for this sort of work? What about flash drives/pen drives, etc? -
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…and the reason i will choose the PowerBook is because I really need the mobility.
====And that’s the reason a lot of other people edit on Powerbooks too. It’s the one good reason to edit on one, so I think you made the choice that’s best for you.
You’re going to need a firewire hard drive with a 7200 RPM drive. As far as I know, any drive like that will need to be plugged in somewhere else. (In other words, it won’t be able to draw its power from the computer.)
I don’t know what your options are for editing away from a power source. I know some people make low-rez versions of their video which COULD be edited off the internal drive and then the re-capture the full-rez video when they’re back home again. I don’t know if that’s the only solution or if there are fast enough hard drives that can run off of battery power. I’m sure someone else will be along shortly to let us know.
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G-TECH G-DRIVE-mini Ultra Portable FireWire and USB Storage Solutions provide about 7 hours of DV video. You will have to plug your PowerBook in to an AC source because the battery will go pretty fast.
HTH,
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
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Actually Jeff, there are now 2.5″ 7,200 100 gig drives available to go in bus-powered FW cases. I know for sure that Seagate has one, and I think another company has come out with one.
Ed[Jeff Carpenter] “You’re going to need a firewire hard drive with a 7200 RPM drive. As far as I know, any drive like that will need to be plugged in somewhere else. (In other words, it won’t be able to draw its power from the computer.)
I don’t know what your options are for editing away from a power source. I know some people make low-rez versions of their video which COULD be edited off the internal drive and then the re-capture the full-rez video when they’re back home again. I don’t know if that’s the only solution or if there are fast enough hard drives that can run off of battery power. I’m sure someone else will be along shortly to let us know.”
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