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Re: AG HPX5000 Field Offload Directly To Drive

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Re: AG HPX5000 Field Offload Directly To Drive
by Adam Smith on Nov 1, 2009 at 8:14:35 am

I offload directly to Firewire HD all the time, but I use AC powered drives and have never tried a buss-powered FW drive. Are you trying to offload via Firewire or USB? As far as I know, the camera only supports Firewire Host mode and I do not believe you can dump directly via USB.

FYI - When I dump to FW (AC powered) I connect the drive, switch the camera into FW Host mode, wait 15 seconds or so and then power on the drive. You can also have the drive powered on and connect it 'hot' but I've read it's a bad idea to connect drives like that so I avoid it.

The first time the drive is connected you will need to format it with the camera. Of course this will wipe all existing data. From then on, each card offloaded will create a new partition with size matching the card capacity. Note that there seems to be a limit to the number of partitions on a FAT32 drive (12?).

I dump most of my footage direct in this manner, and have yet to have any issue. However I'm generally not doing this in the field - I dump at my desk, connect to the edit system, spot check to verify the contents all seem to be there, then duplicate media with verify to 2 more drives before I truly feel safe wiping the cards.

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