Footage on SATAII internals! Vegas Works!

Grazie wrote on 12/20/2009, 11:04 AM
Well, there's a thing.

NOW editing with footage transferred FROM my firewire array to my new SATAII Snap-in removable hard-disc thingie. I have been hobbling myself for years with this f/w array, and now Vegas is just flying for me. Sure, still SD footage, but I am colour grading and FX-ing without Vegas missing a beat at BEST!

I should've done this years ago . . . But that was then . . .

Thanks to John Cline for mentioning these simple Addonics devices to me.

Grazie

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Terry Esslinger wrote on 12/20/2009, 11:33 AM
Grazie,
More info??
farss wrote on 12/20/2009, 11:54 AM
How many times have I said faster disk I/O will help?

HDV is the same data rate as SD, 25Mbps. That might imply that you don't need fast disk access but that's per track. Disk latency also plays a part. That's the time from when Vegas asks for the data from the disk until it gets the data back. All of this can be relatively slow on a 400Mbps fw connection as it's multidrop.

Bob.
Grazie wrote on 12/20/2009, 12:00 PM
Bob? Don't understand? Are you saying I AM seeing better or NOT? You have wrapped this up in so many counter statements you've lost me?

Terry what do you wish to know?

Grazie

Chienworks wrote on 12/20/2009, 1:18 PM
Grazie, most of Bob's post was agreeing with you and reminding you that he's advised people to do exactly what you're doing.

His other point is that any disk changes that speed up SD should have exactly the same amount of improvement for HDV, since HDV is the same amount of disk transfer per unit time that SD is. In other words ... if your change means that an SD file now transfers in 10 seconds instead of 25, then that same change means that an HDV file of the same length will now also transfer in 10 seconds instead of 25.

Bottom line, your change of disk setup applies just the same to HDV.
Grazie wrote on 12/20/2009, 1:46 PM
Thanks Kelly.

Grazie