What is the FS-100 Transfer Speeds???
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PunkMetalDrummer17
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I'm just taking a guess here but to record you record at about 1 gig per minute. So I'm thinking the transfer rate would be faster than a gig a minute.
Matthew McEwen
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The transfer rate from FS-100 to a computer is about two times faster than real-time, but this performance can vary on a lot of different things. If you transfer from FS-100 to another FireWire hard drive via a computer and both FS-100 and the drive are on the same FireWire bus, it can be quite slow. For best results to an external drive, I would recommend FS-100 to a USB2 drive as they are on separate buses. Also, make sure that no other devices are connected to the FireWire bus.
Hope that helps.
Matt
Hope that helps.
Matt
C. Keiser
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Last week I had to transfer 85 gig to a RevA 17" Powerbook and an external La Cie HD midway through a shoot.
FS-100 into the FW400, and the La Cie into the FW800. As mentioned in the earlier post, they are on the same bus.
This transfer took two hours.
We had a nice lunch... lit the next set-up... checked audio..... loosened up the interviewees..... tweaked the lights..... recorded to a couple 4 gig P2 cards....
At last I was able to confirm the transfer, format the FS-100 and hook it back up to the cam, and we were off again.
Fortunately, I had warned the director, that as we were in HD vs. SD, we would have to do a footage dump after 90 minutes as opposed to getting all of the days interviews captured on one FS-100. FWIW, the same transfer to my G5 took half the time.
Makes shooting in DVCPro50 pretty attractive for lots of stuff eh? A few more gigs like this and I will spend the dough on a second FS-100, not everyone allows a two hour lunch ; )
Best,
Christopher
FS-100 into the FW400, and the La Cie into the FW800. As mentioned in the earlier post, they are on the same bus.
This transfer took two hours.
We had a nice lunch... lit the next set-up... checked audio..... loosened up the interviewees..... tweaked the lights..... recorded to a couple 4 gig P2 cards....
At last I was able to confirm the transfer, format the FS-100 and hook it back up to the cam, and we were off again.
Fortunately, I had warned the director, that as we were in HD vs. SD, we would have to do a footage dump after 90 minutes as opposed to getting all of the days interviews captured on one FS-100. FWIW, the same transfer to my G5 took half the time.
Makes shooting in DVCPro50 pretty attractive for lots of stuff eh? A few more gigs like this and I will spend the dough on a second FS-100, not everyone allows a two hour lunch ; )
Best,
Christopher
BrianMurphy
Veteran
I have a Mackbook Pro17 and picked up :
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=11&pid=391
for under $100.00 and it works really well, give you another buss.
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=11&pid=391
for under $100.00 and it works really well, give you another buss.
bbalser
Veteran
I can't give you exact numbers, but back when I first got my FS-100, I filled it up, transfered to my media drive (internal SATA on a Mac QuadCore), the numbers showed significantly faster than real time transfer.
But then there's also the time FCP takes to ingest the footage. But even with that figured in, I was still a good bit better than real time.
But then there's also the time FCP takes to ingest the footage. But even with that figured in, I was still a good bit better than real time.
unfiltered
Well-known member
That deivce is for the old Cardbus slots, isn't it? I think this is the one your were meaning to link to: http://www.siig.com/product.asp?partnum=NN-EC2012-S1BrianMurphy said:
Here is one will give you an FW800 input with the Express/34 card slot: http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=130&pid=1081
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