Re: External hard disk

"Johnathan" <JohnJ@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Steve King wrote:
>> <sandyprice@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> I would suggest that you get either a pre-packaged external drive in
>>> a combination USB2/firewire case, or buy a USB2/firewire case and
>>> install a hard drive of your choice. I have one of the pre-packaged
>>> units from Western Digital, and three of the ADS "Dual Link" drive
>>> cases with 160 GB Seagate drives installed. I use firewire to
>>> capture, but can also high-speed copy those files to computers
>>> without firewire using the USB2 capability.
>>>
>>> Today I purchased the third ADS "Dual Link" case for $55 at CompUSA.
>>> I'll pick up another Seagate 160 when they go on sale again somewhere
>>> in town for about $50 after rebates, so for about $100 or less, I
>>> will have the versatility to use either USB2 or Firewire. The
>>> difference in price between firewire or USB2 only, vs. USB2 AND
>>> firewire is probably less than $20. $20 is a pretty cheap price to
>>> pay for the versatility of USB2 and Firewire in the same box.
>>>
>>> Also, the ADS box has the power supply built in, so no wall wart to
>>> deal with. It also has a fan built in. The Western Digital box has
>>> no fan, and a wall wart on a string (AC cable to wall wart, DC cable
>>> from wall wart to HDD box.)
>>
>> So far (after two weeks) I'm very pleased with a GoData exernal
>> enclosure. ($19 after a $30 rebate) Instead of a fan, it uses
>> aluminum top and bottom plates that act as heat sinks. It is USB2
>> only, but I have had no issues acquiring video and audio to a Maxtor
>> 160 GB, 7200 rpm drive. I also have several other external
>> enclosures with fans. Anything to safely reduce the fan noise is a
>> good thing in my opinion.
>> Steve King
>
> You say you "aquire" video. Does this mean you capture video and if so
> would you please tell me what software allows this with USB?
>
> John

Sloppy use of terminology. "Capture from DV source via Firewire to a
directory on an external USB 2 drive" is what I meant. You caused me to
doubt. I thought maybe I was capturing to a IEEE 1334 drive. So, I just
captured DV25 from a camera to the USB2 drive. No dropped frames. All
normal. I'm using Vegas 5. It doesn't seem to know how my drives show up.
Whatever is there (IDE, SATA, External Firewire, External USB 2) seems to
work.

Steve King


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