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Dog Food
November 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm in reply to: External HD for 17 inch MBP C2D

GREAT thanks..

Is the SATA better?

cheers
Dog Food
November 9, 2006 at 5:48 pm in reply to: firewire drive that supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, SD that is not a Raid

“Truth is, it’s easy for people to make absolute statements when they post anonymously.”

WAS THIS COMMENT FOR ME…. : ) ?? LOL

Hey Walter… http://www.grekian.com …. and I have posted one of my other web sites in this thread…

WALTER – Have you used the WD drive? I ask because I have … 4 WD DRIVES and I also have 6+ promax drives and… I have at least 7 (IN USE) Lacie Drives in my CA office….. from 160GB to 1TB …

I also have 4 GTECH drives in my NY office….. WD is thebetter drive

WD is.. cheaper (cost less money) AND
more reliable than LACIE or Promax (I personally have had ZERO problem with WD.. I have had many problems with LACIE and Promax), WD makes the least amount of NOISE… shhhhh

AND WD has a better housing… better than GTECH also

Yes a better housing.. go ahead and drop the lacie drive and then drop the WD drive.. which do you think will absorb the impact better? YES the WD…. just because the LACIE casing can stop a bullet does not mean it is the better housing….

Go ahead and run a test WALTER… mail a few of your drives across the country… wrap them in bubble wrap and peanut foam… : ) I bet you change your tune : ) THE LACIE DRIVES WILL COME APART AT THE END SEAMS

And if heat is an issue.. just try running the 500GB Lacie next to the 500 GB WD.. The Lacie is like a barbecue, while the WD gives off very little heat..

Just my experience.. maybe this is not absolute truth : )

You have helped me a great deal over the years Walter and I appreciate it …

cheers
Dog Food
November 9, 2006 at 6:50 am in reply to: firewire drive that supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, SD that is not a Raid

Hey Mat,

Nice hearing from you and I appreciate your response.

cheers
Dog Food
November 9, 2006 at 3:22 am in reply to: firewire drive that supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, SD that is not a Raid

Yo WALTER : )

please define sturdy?

Cause you know, an egg is actually very sturdy.. If you place an egg with either of the “LONG” ends in the palms of your hand.. it is actually impossible to break.. It is a very NEAT phenomenon… you can squeeze and squeeze with NO breakage..

Just like my LACIE drive.. I can squeeze it as hard as I want and it is sturdy as a tank.. YET, in the past 2 years.. every lacie drive that has come to me through the mail is jacked up (not including brand new lacie drives in their original boxes)….

Yes the box it comes is perfect for transporting the drives.. I have found this out the hard way… and it is not especially convenient when moving 600 hours of footage (www.pullingjohn.com) from SF to NYC.. : )
cheers

And lets not even begin to talk about FW connections on the LACIE drives.. yikes

I am not trying to dog LACIE… it is just the truth… Why buy LACIE when Western Digital has come out with a new line of superior drives… LACIE had its day..now it is back to the drawing board for lacie.. and center stage for WD…

: )
Dog Food
November 9, 2006 at 1:58 am in reply to: firewire drive that supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, SD that is not a Raid

Yes the outer case is strong.. But it is in 3 parts.. These parts do not stay together.. YOU kow it.. I know.. The assembly is a JOKE..

cheers

AND, you never know what sound the drive will make. I have many LACIE drives.. I am looking at 7 drives right now.. and none of them make the same sound when running…. and please do not say things like the drives are “sturdy”… after all, how many of these drive do you own?
Dog Food
October 31, 2006 at 5:43 pm in reply to: Have I tried everything?! FCP keeps on going to the beachball…forever.

this may sound silly.. but always make sure your “caps lock” key is not on.. this can cause problems..
Dog Food
October 31, 2006 at 5:41 pm in reply to: firewire drive that supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, SD that is not a Raid

Lacie drive is a JOKE if you plan on traveling with it.. They will come apart (BREAK OPEN).. I have 6 TB of Lacie drives. 6 of the 7 drives that have traveled via fed ex have come apart (at the ends)… sure they could have been packed better… they could have flown 1st class on THE UNITED EMIRATES AIRLINE.. : )

I recommend the western digital MY BOOK… I have not used it for HD…

cheers
Dog Food
October 31, 2006 at 5:38 pm in reply to: Very strange & scary, files go missing on time line

major progress last night…

1. toss preferences
2. repair permissions
3. toss all rendered files..

and then.. I dig into the “reconnect” process a little bit and find a file that has a different name than a 40 minute clip that is part of a “multi clip”.. BINGO..

I do a manual “reconnect” and I get 90% of my my clips ONLINE.. anthing with “speed” modification was scrammbled and had to be replaced/redone.

I will say this.. I have had a MAC since the first day they came out in 1984 ( I got it at Macy’s). Of the hundred + shows I have edited from start to end.. This is the fewest crashes I have ever had.. ONLY 1 CRASH… + this blunder.. (which was probably my fault)…. Normally with a project that is 1 hour long with 30 Video/audio layers I usually get at LEAST crash everyday… some time up to 10 crashes…

Hats off to 5.0.1 and 10.4.8….. Now I am scared to death to upgrade to 5.1.1 (the disks are just sitting here)

thanks for all your support GUYS!

cheers
Dog Food
October 14, 2006 at 3:28 pm in reply to: Insert: Moving clips within the time line sequece

LOL… i love it.. thank you.. Embarrassed to say that 35 tv shows and 2 feature movies later.. I am still learning the basics.. THANKS TOM!!

: )
Dog Food
October 14, 2006 at 3:40 am in reply to: Mac spec for FCP?

Hi ,

Today I downloaded MENU METER.. EVEN when I am running Motion and FCP side by side.. it never shows more than 712MBs of ram being used ???

I have 6GBs.

cheers

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