[Scott Vacek]

Hi David…thanks- I’ve read both this post and one in which You responded to my post about the same issue..

I have a lot to learn so please forgive my questions but want to make sure I’m clear- Tuxera looks cool but it seems only for copying files over from Macs to NTFS drives, for sharing with clients on Windows machines- but I would assume that it does not allow Macs to use an NTFS-formatted drive for running a Final Cut Pro project.

From what You’ve written it appears to me that running a drive in Mac Extended format is best for FCP, is that correct? I’m on a low budget and so it would appear to me that the best thing for me to do for now is to use my WD 750GB drive as mass storage formatted FAT32 for files smaller than 4GB, and use the larger 1TB Seagate as my FCP project drive, formatted Mac Extended, and not use it at all for file sharing.

Maybe when there’s a little more money available I’ll purchase MacDrive for the Windows machine.

Does that sound like a good approach to You?

thanks so much,
scott

[Scott Vacek]

Wow, thanks so much guys…I should have explained before that this is a studio shoot and so portability is not essential…

Any idea what the KiPRO rents for? I’ve sent an inquiry to VER and also have a friend at Video West in Phoenix I may check with…

Any idea whether there is any issue recording the JVC HDV/720P firewire output? …and will that allow me to use all audio channels?

Thanks so much…
scott