Ipod for video footage

RolltheStampede · Post by **RolltheStampede** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:02 am

has anyone considered using a video ipod for storing source footage to make a video with. I just bought an 80 gb video ipod and realized that it was a crap load of storage, i have like 29 gb of music so that would leave like 40-50 gb free. I figure you could have 1-2 whole dvd rips of shows with avs file encodes.

It is flash memory so i would guess the only thing to slow down the transfer of data would be the usb interface which i dont think is that slow in the first place.

just wondering, i will gove it a try when my ipod comes in in a few days.

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:24 am

I have and it works fine .... it's not Flash though ... it's a mini hard drive (Unless things have changed on the new one) ... the nanos are flash. Anyway, you will also get a firewire cable, so you can scrap USB. Currently I use it as one of my scratch disks for FCP ...

RolltheStampede · Post by **RolltheStampede** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:28 am

what is FCP?

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:36 am

RolltheStampede wrote:what is FCP?

Final Cut Pro, I'm assuming.

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:49 am

Yep, Final Cut Pro.

HoshiNoKaze · Post by **HoshiNoKaze** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:27 pm

I actually bought an 80gb WD external drive that I use for emergency backups...I've got 760gb on my main station, so I don't lack for space...I just want a video Ipod so I can make small encodes of my favorite vids and keep em around to watch any time/show to people. But yea, that's a neat and kindof o_O idea :)

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:50 am

For sure an iPod with 80Gb memory isn't flash, except you have paid over $1,200 for it. It's a Microdrive, and these drives are comparable slow. It's not the USB 2.0 connection that limits the speed, because it's even fast enough for 7,200 RPM drives. It's the drive.

JudgeHolden wrote:Anyway, you will also get a firewire cable, so you can scrap USB.

Except it is Firewire800 at both ends, Firewire isn't faster than USB. USB 2.0 full speed provides 480MBit/s, Firewire 400MBit/s. Since USB has a bit more protocol overhead, the net rates are nearly the same. And if you don't use a Mac it is very unlikely that your PC has a firewire connection, except you own a digital camcorder.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:53 am

Standard size iPods (including the video and photo models) use 1.8" hard drives. The discontinued iPod Mini used Microdrives. While the replacement for the Mini, the iPod Nano and its smaller sibling the iPod Shuffle, use flash memory.

Currently, if the capacity is 20GB or greater, it uses a 1.8" hard drive, regardless of manufacturer. If the capacity is 6GB to 10GB, it most likely uses a Microdrive, although there is increasing overlap with flash in the smaller capacities. Anything less than 6GB is almost definitely using flash memory (I'm sure there are some 4GB or 5GB models with Microdrives floating in the marketplace still).

Take note that all these storage technologies in this application are developed for lower power consumption, so speed is generally not blazing. Audio playback is not needing high transfer speeds, and lo-res video playback isn't either. So 4200 rpm (or slower) hard drives are more than adequate. And although typical flash memory is also slow, again, the speed isn't needed.

So, as Keeper of Hellfire stated, the HDD is the limiting factor in speed, not the interface (unless, your computer is only USB 1.1).

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:15 am

I don't quite get why this even needs a thread. You can treat any iPod as USB mass storage, so you can use it for anything you'd use mass storage for. O.o