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    USB 3.0 w/ SDD for editing?

    Posted by Samuel Frazier on July 20, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    I’m trying to figure options for getting better mobile performance (I travel every week). One option is putting an SSD in an external USB 3.0 enclosure. Bare Feats posted some pretty good figures last week on this. But, I know USB works in bunches and dips, not a steady flow like firewire, Thunderbolt, etc. I was advised that a USB 3.0 SSD solution might work provided the dips don’t exceed Mbs of the heights of video. Well sure, that’s logical, but what does it mean in practice and will it work for me? I typically edit DSLR 1080p footage (had been on ProRes in FCP and am switching to Premiere, so may edit natively here) and am eyeing a new Macbook Pro with USB 3.0.

    So, does anyone have experience with this kind of storage solution? Thanks ahead of time for any help!

    Samuel Frazier replied 14 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Mike Squires

    July 21, 2012 at 1:02 am

    While I haven’t used a SSD via USB3.0, I do use the BMD Intensity Shuttle USB3.0 card. It’s sending uncompressed HD over USB3.0, and I haven’t had a single issue with it during ingest.

  • Jon Barrie

    July 21, 2012 at 1:10 am

    That’s how I fly! It flies! I use it for demos. Cutting 1080 dpx like butter. Granted I have Q2000m cuda, 16gig RAM, I7 CPU – JB

    Jon Barrie
    Adobe Video Solutions Consultant ANZ
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  • Samuel Frazier

    July 21, 2012 at 7:26 am

    Thanks very much! Glad to hear it works on ingest. Is it doing well on output as well?

  • Samuel Frazier

    July 21, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Sorry, do you mean you use the SSD USB 3 setup that I mentioned or the BMD Intensity Shuttle via USB 3.0?

    Also, it sounds like you’ve got a great system. I’m guessing that (if you are using the USB 3 for connecting video drives) you would notice problems if the video drive wasn’t fast enough even with a system as fast as yours b/c a bottleneck if present will always be noticed. But, if your system is so fast that it can cover for a slow video drive, any thoughts on whether a Retina MBP would do the same?

    Thanks!!

  • Mike Squires

    July 21, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    Yes, output is perfect, both via HDMI and component.

  • Samuel Frazier

    July 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    Thanks very much! Good news indeed and would certainly seem to suggest that USB 3 would be viable for a video drive as well.

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