USB for Footage?

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:47 am

K so I have some harddrive space issues right now and can't delete some of my captured footage. Trouble is I need to start working on a new project right away. I'm planning on using an external hard drive for captured footage storage while editing on my laptop.

Anything I should know that might make this troublesome? Mostly in the editing process and how Premiere Pro mght handel working with footage that is on an external drive connected via USB?

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:00 am

I <u>ALWAYS</u> edit with the Footage that's on my External USB Hard Drive. There are no Problems with doing so O.o

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:29 am

A usual extern hdd has 7200 rpm. USB 2.0 is faster than the IO process ("finding data on your disk and transport it via USB to your comp").

My extern hdd has 7200 rpm and 16MB cache. I don´t feel a difference when I edit. A friend of my works with 8MB cache and he plays games and works with the data on his external. It works smooth for him too.

In the end my experience says that there is no real problem at all.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:37 am

as long as your lappy can handle it i don't see why not... I always edit off of an external as well..

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:52 am

As long as the external is 7200 rpm, editing will be perfectly smooth. Lower drive speeds will choke and lag, though.

Unlimited Rice · Post by **Unlimited Rice** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:58 pm

Sounds pretty intriguing. Never thought of that before. I might try it out, actually.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:06 pm

Almost all my videos were made with external hard drives. The past 5 or so at least.

Kazemon15 · Post by **Kazemon15** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:37 pm

I also edit alot of stuff off my external harddrive, though sometimes, when I save the project, the file doesnt show some clips...I need to fix it...I think it may just be a ram problem. (or so a friend of mine says O_o;;)

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:49 pm

Kazemon15 wrote:I also edit alot of stuff off my external harddrive, though sometimes, when I save the project, the file doesnt show some clips...I need to fix it...I think it may just be a ram problem. (or so a friend of mine says O_o;; )

You mean some clips don't show when you render the video? Did you change the speed of those clips by any chance? If so, find a way to disable resampling for those clips. If speed changes are indeed the problem, that should fix it.

Kazemon15 · Post by **Kazemon15** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:36 pm

LivingFlame wrote:
Kazemon15 wrote:I also edit alot of stuff off my external harddrive, though sometimes, when I save the project, the file doesnt show some clips...I need to fix it...I think it may just be a ram problem. (or so a friend of mine says O_o;; )
You mean some clips don't show when you render the video? Did you change the speed of those clips by any chance? If so, find a way to disable resampling for those clips. If speed changes are indeed the problem, that should fix it.

They don't show when I export the final file...but it's weird, the effects I used on them do show, but the actual clips don't. I didn't speed up any of the clips, but I did slow down a few... but it doesnt make sense because they're all the same format and some clips from the same episode show up while others from the same episode do, even others from the same exact file, while others don't.... it's very weird.