Recording to an external Hard Drive

[Shane Ross]

[Gary Goldblum] “I own a HVX-200 and I have heard there is a way to record right to an external firewire drive (without using a computer) via firewire. I know that there are products out there such as the Firestore, but I would rather just bring my raid drive.”

SOrry…no can do. This is why the Firestore was made. If you could just do this to any external drive then there would be very little if ANY market for the Firestore. You need some computing chipset to tell the drive what to do…because the camera doesn’t. That is what the Firestore has…a little computer that tells the hard drive what to do.

The only other option is to record thru FCP using the Log and Capture and CAPTURE NOW.

Shane

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[Tom Klein]

Hi gary,

May I add, why not just take a DVD recorder to your location and feed a signal from your Cam to the Recorder and do it in realtime, if you need to edit, then capture to FCP on a laptop or into a Firestore or Nnovia Ext HDD, and just cut n dump to iDVD not too hard.
all depends on your budget,skill level and time available.

Cheer
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au

[Allen Zagel]

Hi
Just came over from the Vegas forum and found this thread. I wanted to put my 2¢ in.

I also do Legal Video Work. Most of the folks usually do 1 of 3 things at a deposition. Also be aware that there is NO editing on a deposition!

1. FW directly out to a mini computer what has a Digital Rapids card (or the other popular one, Can’t remember the name) installed. That will make the MP2 on the fly.

2. Use a stand alone DVD recorder something like the Panasonic ES25 (discontinued but you can still find new ones) that will allow pausing. Only thing you got to do is finalize the DVD when done. Nice thing about that deck is you can pull out the DVD and pop in another and finalize them after is your depo runs over 2 hours.

3. What I do, Shoot to tape (my DSR-250) with an nNovia HD recorder system. I don’t do VHS ot DVD at a Depo.

4. What I did but it only works in a Windows enviroment. Camera FW out to a laptop with DV-Rack installed. Still give you digital files as a backup. Now DV-Rack is On-Location and in the Adobe CS3/4 suite.

Allen Zagel CLVS

ASX Media Group, Inc.
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[Gary Goldblum]

Hi Allen,

Thanks for responding!… I just took the CLVS course in New Orleans and hopefully will be CLVS certified in March.

I had a few questions for you if you don’t mind about depositions.

1) Do you give an audio cassette to the court reporter or do you use another format? Can you give them a copy of the DVD instead? I got rid of my cassette player about 5 years ago, thinking I would never use it again!!

2) I just bought a Phillips DVD unit that has a 160gig hard drive which can write DVDs…I am planning on using it as my primary recorder. My camera uses the P2 cards and I can record about 3 1/2 hours in standard definition. It also has a tape drive which I figure I will use if the deposition goes over 3 1/2 hours. Do you think this is feasible way to operate? How long is the average deposition?

3) I have been cold calling all the court reporters in my area…. Do you have any recommendations as far as marketing?

If you want reply to me directly at Taffypro@gmail.com

Thanks for your time!

Gary
Taffyproductions.com

[Allen Zagel]

Hi Gasry
Well, congradulations and welcome to the field.

Your questions;
#1 yes always make an audio recording and give to the CR. I have a small Sony auto-reverse cassett recorder hooked up to my mixer. I also had a Marantz PRM660 digital audio recorder that records to CF cards so I can give the CR either or download the audio to his/her laptop. I believe you can get the Sony at Markertek for about $120.

#2 sounds okay to me if that’s what you want to do.

#3 I will answer privately and give you our Legal Video Group address so you can join and get more info.

Regards
Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
http://www.asxvideo.com
NEW DVD – Europe, Trains-n-Trams

[Gary Goldblum]

Hi Tom,

Is there any difference in the workflow with IDVD vs Final Cut Pro? I could easily capture a quicktime movie in FCP and then drag it to DVD Studio Pro, but it would still make me compress it before writing the DVD. This is what I am trying to avoid, so that I can write a DVD without any compression or editing…. I know it sounds backwards, but I want to capture video as a MPEG2 so I can write the DVD instantly (I have an insane amount of footage)

Thanks for your response

Gary

Thanks!

Gary

[Tom Klein]

Hi gary,
If you have an insane amount of vision, use a stand alone DVD recorder, get the latest Sony or Panasonic , they finalize the fastest.

Cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au