"G Hardy" wrote in message
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"Mike Gasson" wrote in message
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Is a Lacie 7200 320gb USB 2 drive 'adequate' to capture from
mini-dv or is it only good enough for storage after capture with
the IDE drive? I believe USB 2 is 480Mb/s but I'm not sure what the
4200 drive would transfer at.
XPH SP2 Athlon 64 3700+ 1gb memory 80gb 4200 HD.

USB2 is 480Mb/s _maximum_
Nevertheless, it's still about ten times faster than DV - you should
be able to capture without any dropped frames. Make sure you have as
few USB devices plugged in as possible, and that any that need to
stay in (such as the mouse or keyboard, if applicable) are unused
during capture.


Two points, 1/. the drive should *not* take it's power from the USB
port (it should be powered by it's own supply) and 2/. you don't want
to be using any other USB device on that channel (at least) in case
the data rate drops. Personally, IMO, the OP would be better thinking
in term of a External HDD connected via a IEEE1394 (firewire) port if
it's really impractical/impossible to use an internal IDE drive.
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