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RE: Drives
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RE: Drives

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kornblum, Eric wrote:
>
> > This would work fine. The biggest issue is having your source & destination
> > drives being different. Otherwise the drive is thrashing back/forth to
> > read/write. Doesn't really matter what the drives are (although the
> > faster the drives, the faster the multiplexing, and since we're talking
> > gigs of data, this can make a big time difference).
>
> Just lurking again...I'm hoping to be able to get the three 36GB Ultra160
> drives in my next box and would set it up where the first drive
> (partitioned) contains the OS, apps....second drive contains FCP/DVDSP
> projects and to capture media....third drive used for final output.
>
> Is it considered a good thing to have the project files and the accompying
> media on the same drive? Or should that too potentailly be split up?
>
Not a big issue where the project files are. Those are very small in comparison, and they aren't saved/updated at the same time as you're previewing/muxing, so it won't really matter where those live.

> On a different note, I finally ordered FCP (3.0) so will have fun learning
> over the holidays. Because I'm spreading the cost of my next system over
> a period of time, I might do my initial DVD projects using FCP and iDVD.
> I'll have to of course export my final video into 4:3 letterboxed
> footage. Are others using iDVD in conjunction with FCP?
>
> All I'm wanting to do (as just a home user) is to do few projects...mostly
> family vacation stuff. I would like the final DVDs to be 16:9 enhanced,
> but if iDVD can give me enough, I may stick with that 4:3 solution for a
> while. In other words, are there huge benefits with DVDSP for a
> small-time home user?
>
Just depends on how "small-time" the projects are. iDVD has limits on the compression level & how much video you can put on the disc. Plus limits on the number of tracks (i believe). And I believe you can't do any of the multi-angle or subtitle stuff, but for "small-time" home use it should be fine. Definitely worth testing out first (to see if you do hit any of those limits), before you buy DVDSP.



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