USB OTG drive, USB ON THE GO

No need to go to anything like that. That looks a little too home-made. instead go to MWave and get the $35 "Magic Box" USB2 On-The-Go enclosure if you want to use USB-OTG. Remember, USB-OTG is a lot slower than firewire offloading (at least with this MWave enclosure) but the battery lasts a good long time, at least 15 4gb cards' worth.
 
Barry_Green said:
No need to go to anything like that. That looks a little too home-made. instead go to MWave and get the $35 "Magic Box" USB2 On-The-Go enclosure if you want to use USB-OTG. Remember, USB-OTG is a lot slower than firewire offloading (at least with this MWave enclosure) but the battery lasts a good long time, at least 15 4gb cards' worth.
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I did a search on their site I can't find it. I just want the best portable drive for the camera.
 
Barry_Green said:
This is the one that some of us have been using:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA30310

I don't know that it's "best", but it's cheap and it certainly works and it's not home-made.
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Got the drive today. Seemed kinda cheap when I first took it out of the box. Though after I put in the drive and snapped the sides on it seemed to come together quite nicely. Operates very easily. You just plug it into the HVX, hit the big button on the drive and wait for the transfer to finish. The camera tells you to disconnect when it's done. Love it! Highly recommended.

I got the drive with a 100gig 7200rpm drive for just over $200 with shipping! :D
 
JesterJJZ said:
Got the drive today. Seemed kinda cheap when I first took it out of the box. Though after I put in the drive and snapped the sides on it seemed to come together quite nicely. Operates very easily. You just plug it into the HVX, hit the big button on the drive and wait for the transfer to finish. The camera tells you to disconnect when it's done. Love it! Highly recommended.

I got the drive with a 100gig 7200rpm drive for just over $200 with shipping! :D
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100 gig 7200rpm?

Do they make 2.5 drives that fast? Which manufacturer and model?
 
stabwound said:
100 gig 7200rpm?

Do they make 2.5 drives that fast? Which manufacturer and model?
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Yes..it was a Hitachi. Don't know the model# for sure, I'd have to open the drive up again. But it says Hitachi 2.5" 100GB 0A25015 7200 on my invoice.
 
USB OTG drive, USB ON THE GO

Is it possible to unload a P2 card content via the HVX USB on a “USB to go” harddisc?
It seems to simple for to be true (if it would work)
Benn
 
In a nutshell: Yes, the HVX will work with a USB OTG drive. I've tried it myself. Basically, you put the camera into USB Device mode, and hook up the drive. Press the button on the drive to make it copy, and it will grab the contents of your P2 card and transfer them into a folder on the USB drive. The process takes quite a bit longer than offloading to a firewire drive, but it is much easier to find USB OTG drives with internal batteries than it is a firewire drive.

I don't recall the exact model I bought, but my USB OTG drive came from MWave. It was the one Barry originally recommended.
 
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Good call. I hadn't thought to tack on "hard drive."

An update to my post: Another benefit of USB OTG is that it store the content from the P2 card in folders, not partitions. That means there isn't a limit to the size hard drive you can use, as there is with firewire offloading.
 
I use these all of the time..

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA30310

This is a cheap way of getting data off the camera, though it does have its disadvantages. Depends on your workflow.

But for $150, you can get this Mwave and a 100g drive, compare that to a FS-100 at around $1800. Battery time is not an issue with these, Barry Green transfered (I think) something like a full disk 15 times before the battery ran out. They have Li-Ion batteries, very dependable.

You shoot, then transfer your data from the HVX200 to the Mwave. It does tell you when transfer is complete. Transfer time is approx. 1min per gig, so if you have 2 4gig P2 cards, you have to stop shooting, transfer your data, delete the p2 cards, then shoot again, etc.

The advantage is these things are small and I use them all of the time with no data loss. Get a couple of them and your set. Some people shoot on the HVX200 transfer the data to a Mwave and give the Mwave to their client.

Next step up from these is a laptop transfer. Shoot your footage, then transfer EACH card via card slot to laptop (and if necessary have an external USB or firewire drive for extra storage). Advantage here is you shoot one card full, take it out and while you are transferring the data (approx the same amount of transfer time) you can keep shooting on your SECOND card (if you have one). Disadvantage is lugging a laptop with you.

Next up is the FS-100, great but more expensive. If you got the money, go for it. Many people here are happy with the results. . . .
 
I use the mwave as well, and have been for 6 months now. Works great. A little over 1min/gig. Good for run and gun on to p2 so long as you have time for the transfer. I also have the firestore (LOVE IT!) but sometimes when Im shooting in short bursts on the move Id rather shoot to P2 than have cables dangling off my camera, and this drive works well.
 
Haven't tried it, but I would suspect that it should work. The HVX (in USB Device mode) is compliant with USB Mass Storage Class, so those type of devices *should* work, I would think.
 
so if money is not that much of an issue... would it be better to just go for the FS100?

what's the copy time of the mwave? anyone?

i'm new to this style of workflow & need a great otg store to dump my p2's onto while shooting a documentary.



tia.
 
In regards to the USB Bridge device, this should work with the HVX. However from the research I've done, there aren't any such devices that use USB 2.0 -- only 1.1. So it would be too slow to be useful.

By the way: did someone do some serious surgery with this thread? It looks like multiple threads have been merged together, with at least a few posts deleted in the process... At the top of page 2, I'm responding to another users comment (I think THoff's, if memory serves), that isn't there.
 
alpi69 said:
USB 1 on those Bridges? Hmmm, but there is a big USB 2 on that picture (http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230081089739&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=230076258890&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&usedrule2=UpSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget)
I guess I have to try it out.

Does anyone know where in Europe to get such a disk like that Anyware from MWave? I seem not to find anything over here....
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My mistake -- that was a typo of sorts.

I meant to say that all of the bridges I had found were either USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 Full Speed -- which is only rated at the same 12mbps as USB 1.1. In order for USB 2.0 to be usable, it needs to be USB 2.0 High Speed.

It seems to me that calling a USB 2.0 device that is simply falling back to the 1.1 speed a "USB 2.0 device" is pretty much just false advertising. Yes, it is technically accurate, but clearly misleading.

Here's another eBay auction for a similar device that is actually honest: http://cgi.ebay.com/Delkin-eFilm-USB-Bridge-2-0-for-Ipod-Cameras-and-More_W0QQitemZ320074101924QQihZ011QQcategoryZ67267QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note where they say "Supports USB High-Speed (2.0) devices at USB Full-Speed (1.1) transfer rates."

In any case, it is unclear which form of USB the device you found uses... My guess is USB 2.0 Full Speed...
 
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