--- You wrote: I've heard that if you are using an ATA controller card even if it's ATA-100+, that the audio will stutter when transferring an edited movie back to the digital camcorder when using iMovie. --- end of quote --- I have a Beige MT which has only 66 mhz bus. I use an ATA 133 card with 37200 mhz drives, (and ione more on the motherboard bus, which is useless for video) though I am led to understand that with the bus speed limitation, the drive performance is near what I'd get with an ATA 100. You can probably assume that your system is faster and has wider bandwidth than mine.
But I've never had a problem with audio stutter in video played back through the firewire port to the camera, using iMovie or Final Cut. I have had lots of problems with dropped frames and other issues. For a while I thought it was necessary to defragment the drive I used solely for video storage. But then I realized that there was intermittace in the firewire output. I tried a few different combination cards (which I must use since all my pci slots are full.) That didn't seem to help, so I put a couple of extra fans in the machine, one of which blows directly on the pci cards. (The MT tower is designed for adding fans there.) This seemed to solve the problem. I no longer bother to keep a drive just for video storage or editing, nor do I defrag anymore. That said, I should tell you that I never output to video tape anymore. It is inexpensive and wonderful to burn DVDs. There is never any stutter or frame dropping when your end medium is DVD, and if you need video tape you can tape from the DVD. However, when editing video, it is often a good idea to view your work on a video monitor rather than on the computer screen, to assure your colors and contrast is right. iMOvie and Final Cut will output video to the firewireport as you edit for this purpose. I use my camcorder to convert digital to analog and send it to the video monitor (Canon Zr40) then to the video monitor. I seldom see dropped frames anymore, and the audio is fine too. It doesn't matter where you keep the iMovie app, by the way. Maybe more than you need to know, but I hope this helps. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
