hard drive space

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powerdog

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If I were to capture a full 60 min tape onto an external FW drive, how many GB would I use up? (Trying to understand, for example, is a 250 GB drive needed for a 20 min. short, or only for a feature length film?)
 
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DV has a data rate of 3.6 MB per second, i.e
1 min: 216 MB
30 min: 6,5 GB
60 min: 13 GB

so a 250 GB disk can hold almost 20 hrs of DV video,
even when half of the disk space would be needed for
temporary render files of the NLE and other stuff you
could easily work on a 2 h feature or documentary.
Harddisk space is only an issue for film productions
with 4k resolution.
 
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Not too much. Those are compressed to fairly small sizes.
 
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even uncompressed WAV files in CD quality are not bigger than 600 MB per hour, so no problem with audio either
 
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So...for working on, say, 2 projects of 20 min each, should I just use my G5's internal drive (about 100GB currently free)? Or should I get a small external for the project files?
 
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[quote author=joachim link=board=Events;num=1092592005;start=0#1 date=08/15/04 at 11:21:45]Harddisk space is only an issue for film productions
with 4k resolution.[/quote]

uhm....it is also in videoresolution once you capture at 4:2:2 SMTP standard or higher and not DV.

BetacamSP quality is about 5MB/second and up for the videosignal only. DV is a nice format, but it has its limitations due to its low compression. we here are still capturing DV footage via the S-Video cable and it looks good.
 
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So, for short videos, is an external drive preferable to the internal drive that has FCP?
 
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It's always better to run your footage from a different drive than the one that your NLE is on. It's also good to have a third drive to store the preview files on. It's not NECESARY, but it's nice.
 
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Fastest and cleanest would be internal drives, ideally sparate from your main computer drive. If you're going firewire get 800 or at least drive with both since the speed is much faster. Note that FireWire drives work but even Apple doesn't certify them for Final Cut Pro. Others have recommended Hitachi's for inside Firewire cases.
 
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I've been running a 250gb Lacie (fw800) for approx a year now and havnt encountered a single problem.

As far as I know the more space on your computers HD the better the applications run. And with an unstable app like FCP this is an essential thing.

:a:
 
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