I always use the internal drive if possible. This is because, unless I am mistaken, there is a greater amount of bandwidth, and quicker connections between the internal processors, system busses, RAM, and Hard drive, making it easier and faster to edit. Now, I believe that there will be a difference if the RPM of the external drive is greater than the internal drive. I have a 10,000 RPM drive in my powermac and have only ever bought 7200 RPM drives, at the highest, for external use. I know for a fact that the faster speed will improve performance. Unless you cannot fit the video file(s) onto your internal drive, use it, and then move it over to the external when you are done. 46Gb is still quite a bit of space, and Mac OS X will tell you when you are nearing the end of your Hard Drive. I have really noticed a performance boost with the 10,000 RPM drives, and you should look into them sometime in the future, if this is something you really want to delve into, if you can (they are a bit more pricey and smaller, but plenty big for one or two vid files).
Good luck, I wish you well!! Mike Garton On 1 Nov , 2005, at 6:36 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > A probably naive question: I've just completed filming my first > (amateur) video -- an adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's story, > "Good Country People." The raw footage runs about 26GB. I have > downloaded it (4 cassettes) and saved it on a 300GB external hard > drive. That leaves about 46GB on my internal HD. The edited > version should run about 30-40 minutes. Which drive should I use > for editing, or does it matter? I suspect that this is not a > question of there being a wrong choice, but simply of getting > advice from those with experience, about which is more convenient > or makes more sense. Much thanks. > > Nolan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20051101/f6c4eb4b/attachment.html
