Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture?

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by Chris Borjis on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:08:11 am [Ryan Atkins] "Can Firewire 400 handle HDV and DV capture straight from the camera, or is eSata preferred?" HDV captures over fw 400 (it was designed for that) same for DV. never seen eSata interface on a camera or deck. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by Michael Sacci on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:19:51 am If you go FW get FW800, it is backwards compatible, so you can connect both FW400 and FW800. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by David Roth Weiss on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:20:36 am Sata is vastly superior -- nearly eight times the throughput of Firewire 400. That means greatly enhanced realtime playback without rendering. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by David Roth Weiss on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:36:17 am Even better, get a two drive enclosure like this one and stripe the drives for twice the space and nearly twice the performance of a single drive. http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata2ensm2e.html David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by David Roth Weiss on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:59:01 am Yes, but not with the Firmtek. That's why I suggested it. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by Michael Sacci on Oct 2, 2008 at 6:16:32 pm The biggest issue I have it the slot format itself, it is the worse design ever. You have to be careful with the moving anything that is connected to the card. Tension on the cable can push the card further in and then ejecting it. THis is true for and card and enclosure. I have the Sonnet card and the firmtek enclosure and they work fine, in fact with the Sonnet express 34 eSata card you can connect up to 10 drives. Don't get the full speed of a desktop because of the limitation of the port but just so you know it is available. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by David Roth Weiss on Oct 3, 2008 at 4:55:13 am [Joel Peregrine] "not in my tests with a single drive, which is the way most users have them set up" Joel, Inexpensive enclosures that have both firewire and SATA ports compromise the speed of SATA for the sake of the convenience of having firewire too. Dedicated SATA enclosures deliver throughput that is much closer to the combined capabilities of the SATA drives and the SATA controller. And, if you're using an express card in a laptop that also compromises throughput. BTW, no one whose really appreciates the performance benefits of SATA would even think about using a single drive for editing. So, just because "most users have them set up" that way, that only means that most people don't really get it. That's not unusual. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture? by David Roth Weiss on Oct 3, 2008 at 6:16:28 am [joel peregrine] "A little condescending, don't you think?" No, just being factual Joel. After all, how many single SATA drives do you see being advertised here on the Cow? David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index