Downloading P2store to laptop, taking long time

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Ernie Kovacs

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Capturing p2 cards into the p2store seems to be working great!

But downloading the p2store??? Even when I select just the contents of one 8GB card the laptop (Mac powerbook G4) is saying it will take 46 minutes to copy to my drive (even the internal drive). I think I have the P2store connected by a USB#2. How do you tell a USB2 from a one? Is this speed normal?

Also the P2store shows up as many partitions. is there a way to copy all of these partitions at once, rather than one at a time? Again I've got a mac.

I'm starting to panic, leave for shoot tomorrow.....
 
Yes, the P2 store is slow as molasses running down your windshield on a january morning.

I have found that ,somehow, on a PC using Edius P2 program to do the transfer, it seems to be 3 times faster. Not sure why that is.

What I also noticed yesterday was that once I transfered all of the files to my destination edit drive, All the like files were in one directory.
I didn't have multiple video directories.

What was even nicer, the last clip.txt file was now gone.

I guess that meant it was not necessary as all files were properly joined now.

On my pc, if you use the older usb cable, a prompt will tell you it is such, and that transfers will be reduced. Other than that, I am uncertain as to how to tell the old cable.
 
I was experiencing a similar thing, where each 4GB card took about 25 minutes to transfer from the P2 Store to my HDD. I discovered though, that for some reason, if I transfer the lastclip.txt file to the destination folder first, and then the contents folder after that, the whole thing only takes 3-4 minutes per 4GB card. Have no idea why this is, or if it applies to you're situation, but you might give it a try. It certainly improved my mood today.
 
I just verified that moving the .txt file first then the contents folder last to the same dir WORKS GREAT! I was using my new MBP 15" to transfer from the P2store to the internal 5400RPM. Took 4mins to move a full card.
 
Ernie Kovacs said:
How do you tell a USB2 from a one?
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Ernie, click the Apple Icon in the upper left corner of your monitor, then "About this Mac" on the window that pops up, click "More Info..." an new window will open with all of the details about your hardware and software configuration. In the list on the left, click on USB and you will see all of your USB devices listed as either USB Bus (slow USB-1) and USB High-Speed Bus (faster USB-2)

-filmstox
 
Transfers from the P2 Store to a PowerBook or PowerMac should not take that long, not should it require anything other than clicking and dragging the contents of the P2 Volume to a Folder on your hard drive. You should verify your P2 Store has the latest firmware and you're running the latest P2 drivers. I've timed my transfer times for 4G cards and have observed the following numbers:

Transfer 4 GB P2 Card to P2 Store: 6 min., 24 sec. (verification on), transfer Single 4 GB Partition from P2 Store to Mac: 5 min., 7 sec., direct transfers via the camera and FireWire and from PCMCIA slots are faster, approaching 1 GB a minute.

You might observe faster times if you've got a speedy system, but there's something seriously amiss if your times are much longer than this.
 
in a bind a few weeks ago I had to transfer a card with a P2 store via usb-1.

It did work, but it took a lot longer than that - 3 or 4 hours. I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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