Maximum recording time?

[soren k jensen]

I plan on doing a really stupid thing -again- : with the hvx200 I'd like to record overcranked 720 p (50p for a 25p timelline) direct to disc... for maybe 7 hours.. is that possible with a big enough hdd, or will fcp quit on me??:huh:

 

[bbalser]

With a big enough hard drive, theoretically, sure. Make sure the capture limits in the user prefs are turned off. You're looking at about 187GB of drive space. 7 hours, wow, that's really pushing it. You're not doing a timelapes project, eh?

I'd worry about droped frames, the system crashing, etc. I don't know anyone who's ever shot that long non-stop. And I'd really worry about doing it with a laptop. What is the goal?

 

[soren k jensen]

here's why ;-)

here's why ;-)

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the input. I work at the Danish University of Education, and have started a combined research / research communication project that will follow 8 children, ages 0-18 over the course of two years. The idea is to create a meta picture of what it means to be a child in different institutions for many, many hours, growing up. I do all sorts of stuff with hvx (dvcpro50 mostly, plus various vfr and timelapse stuff) and mini-dv and lipstick cams for mounting on swings, bicycles, kids, whatever, and even dslr's to pc laptop for timelapse of what happens in, say, a schoolyard during the day. The reason for me wanting to try out 7 hrs of -possibly- slow motion is to see what types of research based motion and child activity analysis can be achieved by having this type of footage. It's a big project for one person to do, but it is great fun, and I'm pretty sure it'll end up being broadcast in some form.

-Or maybe I should just make a warhol-like art installation with 14 hours of running after a child

 

[bbalser]

I got my degree in Educational Psychology (and then went off to be an IT project manager, go figure), my family is a very long line of professional educators. It sounds like a killer project! Wish I was there to help out, the kind of thing I could sink my teeth into!

Ok, 7 hours, it could be done. I'd set up the computer and camera in my back yard or in my den or somewhere over the weekend, and let it run. Do a test run, let it go for 8 hours, what the hell? That way you won't lose anything of value, and you'd actually have done it a couple of times before you show up on site. That's what I'd do, do a couple (at least) of test runs at home first.