On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:11 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
What's the fastest method to create a 8GB video image from an
SDHC card from a video camera using a G4 1.25 machine? Toast or
disk Utility? Does processor speed matter? Does max ram help?
What adaptors work best?
Do you mean a DVD? Or do you mean just copying the video file to
disk?
I guess if I explain exactly what we're doing here with the creation
of a disk image it may help. We need to quickly make disk images of
some 8GB SDHC camera cards to be able to keep 8 cameras running
continuously shooting training videos for a large retailer to be used
as origination DVD's for their employees.
These images are then mounted on the desk top to be used in FCE to
compile the finished DVD.. We get 30 mins of shooting on a card, a
G4 1.25 Mac with a USB 2.0 port and a 2.0 SD card reader it takes 45
mins using "Disk Utility" or "Toast 8" to make the image so that we
can then put that card back in service at that point. So we have a
camera down for more than 15 mins. In contrast a TiBook 1 GHz with a
2.0 USB card using a SD card reader takes 1:45 mins to make the same
image. An iMac i5 Quad does the job in 14 mins but we need to use a
laptop on site due to the lugging factor.
I need a way to make the image faster, 8GB's even 14 mins seems
excessive?? I have a MacBook Pro that I just got a CalDigit Express
34 USB 3.0 card for that I haven't had a chance to test yet. I also
bought a LEXAR 3.0 SD card reader. I need to know if I'm on the right
track or spinning my wheels.
JOHN CARMONNE
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
From TiBook 867
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