Eric Sands
For an external USB drive, is the only difference of using a 7200 RPM (vs 5400 RPM) the time it will take to load the video to the player? In other words, once it's loaded, the hard drive speed is irrelevant?
Also... is there a popular model (~500 GB) that has shown to work well with VDJ?
Also... is there a popular model (~500 GB) that has shown to work well with VDJ?
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 12:54 am
cstoll
Speed of hard drives (internal or external) is very important with video as the video is streamed off the hard drive during play. Only the audio track is ever loaded in memory. So if you were only doing audio I would say 'yes' speed wouldn't matter - but in this case (video) it does make a difference.
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 2:17 am
cstoll wrote :
video is streamed off the hard drive during play. Only the audio track is ever loaded in memory. .
video is streamed off the hard drive during play. Only the audio track is ever loaded in memory. .
Really? What a forum, gotta love it. I learn something too.. That I didnt know...
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 2:27 am
cstoll
Kayle wrote :
Really? What a forum, gotta love it. I learn something too.. That I didnt know...
cstoll wrote :
video is streamed off the hard drive during play. Only the audio track is ever loaded in memory. .
video is streamed off the hard drive during play. Only the audio track is ever loaded in memory. .
Really? What a forum, gotta love it. I learn something too.. That I didnt know...
Very easy to notice, watch the hard drive access lights when playing video VS audio.
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 2:39 am
Eric Sands
OK thanks... that makes sense.
Western Digital? Lacie? Simpletek? Any good models around 500GB w/firewire or USB?
Western Digital? Lacie? Simpletek? Any good models around 500GB w/firewire or USB?
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 4:41 am
discobrian24
Look on Tiger direct they got the 1 Tb drives for like $399, buy an internal drive then buy the case and save some money:)
Inviato Thu 11 Oct 07 @ 8:39 am