Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ?
Thanks for this list, Brook - that's really helpful. I've had problems with Lacie drives. And yet I've still bought more. My initial thought about your problem is that given that it repeats on all your drives, regardless of manufacturer, it's something to do with your computer - your ports or some software problem, or a cable, or a setting. On 16-Sep-08, at 12:31 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Make sure the drives are formatted Mac HFS+. Video will not work reliably if they are formatted for both mac and windows, even if they mount. Make sure you have the computer set to never put hard drives to sleep in your preferences. (And avoid MyBooks, which ignore this setting). Make sure you never fill the drive up beyond 80%. Make sure every firewire cable is good. They can go bad. Make sure no cable is more than 14.5', Ideally much much shorter, especially if you are using multiple devices. Make sure every firewire device in the chain is on. Make sure every port is good - on the drives AND on the computer. Make sure your video is in a format your software likes. It's a lot of work, but that's the usual firewire troubleshooting list. It's rarely the drive unless you've been unplugging it or turning it off without dismounting it. ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ?
Slightly besides the point, but I strongly advise to avoid Lacie (each one I¹ve owned has failed)... G-Tech is a much more solid option... //-- DAVID TERRANOVA d a v i d t e r r a n o v a . c o m From: Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:59:44 -0700 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ? Thanks for this list, Brook - that's really helpful. I've had problems with Lacie drives. And yet I've still bought more. My initial thought about your problem is that given that it repeats on all your drives, regardless of manufacturer, it's something to do with your computer - your ports or some software problem, or a cable, or a setting. On 16-Sep-08, at 12:31 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: Make sure the drives are formatted Mac HFS+. Video will not work reliably if they are formatted for both mac and windows, even if they mount. Make sure you have the computer set to never put hard drives to sleep in your preferences. (And avoid MyBooks, which ignore this setting). Make sure you never fill the drive up beyond 80%. Make sure every firewire cable is good. They can go bad. Make sure no cable is more than 14.5', Ideally much much shorter, especially if you are using multiple devices. Make sure every firewire device in the chain is on. Make sure every port is good - on the drives AND on the computer. Make sure your video is in a format your software likes. It's a lot of work, but that's the usual firewire troubleshooting list. It's rarely the drive unless you've been unplugging it or turning it off without dismounting it. ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ?
Make sure the drives are formatted Mac HFS+. Video will not work reliably if they are formatted for both mac and windows, even if they mount. Make sure you have the computer set to never put hard drives to sleep in your preferences. (And avoid MyBooks, which ignore this setting). Make sure you never fill the drive up beyond 80%. Make sure every firewire cable is good. They can go bad. Make sure no cable is more than 14.5', Ideally much much shorter, especially if you are using multiple devices. Make sure every firewire device in the chain is on. Make sure every port is good - on the drives AND on the computer. Make sure your video is in a format your software likes. It's a lot of work, but that's the usual firewire troubleshooting list. It's rarely the drive unless you've been unplugging it or turning it off without dismounting it. ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
They are selling 250GB Buffalo 2.0 USB drives at the Kei's Denki in Saga, Kyushu Japan...for about 90 bucks...I picked up one the other day... My first USB external drive...I dig it...it works! nm www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- Halcyon Lujah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its too expensive for a toy,bbut if you are an archive whore or do video for DVDs and such, I would recommend the Terastation by Buffalo. I LOVE it. http://www.buy.com/prod/Buffalo_TeraStation_1TB_NAS_RAID_1_0_5_Back_up/q/loc/101/10396259.html $750, networked terabyte (700 gigs with RAID setup. Meaning: 4 drives, and any one failure will result in zero data loss.) plus it just feels cool to have a terabyte in my bedroom. -halcyon On 2/23/06, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Show wrote: you know ... that's actually a really interesting idea, given that I have a 60gig I pod and alwasy delete stuff after watching it ... I'm not sure how that works to store regular stuff, like word files etc... but I might give this a try ... thanks for the suggestion ... Richard In iTunes under the iPod preferences, there is a checkbox that says something like 'Enable Disk Usage' which will allow your iPod to show up on your desktop as just another hard drive. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links -- www.SpreadingThePink.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
Friday, February 24, 2006, 6:41:07 AM, kelly belly wrote: I have a Maxtor One Touch 300GB that I've been using for a while now. It hasn't given me any problems (knock wood). I have had more failures with Maxtor drives than any other sort, including a 250GB One Touch which gave up on me last year. I've decided not to buy them any more despite the usually tempting prices. Each time this happens I usually lose some video footage - the trouble is it is just too big to back up to anything other than another hard drive (except possibly to DV tape as data, which I will admit I have never tried, only having got a DV camera relatively recently). -- Frank Carver http://www.makevideo.org.uk Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
I love my Lacie porsche 160g drive...I also have a 50g usb mini version of that for my music, I reccomend both!On 2/23/06, Richard Show [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of getting an external hard drive to work with my power book G4.Any advice?... Richard-- Richard http://www.richardshow.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group videoblogging on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . -- Josh Leojoshleo.comstonefarm.blogspot.com joshspicks.blogspot.comvlogcats.blogspot.comwearethemedia.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
Richard Show wrote: I'm thinking of getting an external hard drive to work with my power book G4. Any advice? Use an iPod? :) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
Richard Show wrote: you know ... that's actually a really interesting idea, given that I have a 60gig I pod and alwasy delete stuff after watching it ... I'm not sure how that works to store regular stuff, like word files etc... but I might give this a try ... thanks for the suggestion ... Richard In iTunes under the iPod preferences, there is a checkbox that says something like 'Enable Disk Usage' which will allow your iPod to show up on your desktop as just another hard drive. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
actually it did that by default (though, now I'm glad to know this checkbox is there, in case it doesn't) so I said duh and then started dragging stuff over there and lo and behold ... an external hard drive ... of course, there is the issue that I do store some video blogs and podcasts ... thanks for the idea! ... richard On 2/23/06, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Show wrote: you know ... that's actually a really interesting idea, given that I have a 60gig I pod and alwasy delete stuff after watching it ... I'm not sure how that works to store regular stuff, like word files etc... but I might give this a try ... thanks for the suggestion ... RichardIn iTunes under the iPod preferences, there is a checkbox that sayssomething like 'Enable Disk Usage' which will allow your iPod to show upon your desktop as just another hard drive. Pete--http://tinkernet.org/videoblog for the future...Yahoo! Groups Links* To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Richard http://www.richardshow.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
Its too expensive for a toy,bbut if you are an archive whore or do video for DVDs and such, I would recommend the Terastation by Buffalo. I LOVE it. http://www.buy.com/prod/Buffalo_TeraStation_1TB_NAS_RAID_1_0_5_Back_up/q/loc/101/10396259.html $750, networked terabyte (700 gigs with RAID setup. Meaning: 4 drives, and any one failure will result in zero data loss.) plus it just feels cool to have a terabyte in my bedroom. -halcyon On 2/23/06, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Show wrote: you know ... that's actually a really interesting idea, given that I have a 60gig I pod and alwasy delete stuff after watching it ... I'm not sure how that works to store regular stuff, like word files etc... but I might give this a try ... thanks for the suggestion ... Richard In iTunes under the iPod preferences, there is a checkbox that says something like 'Enable Disk Usage' which will allow your iPod to show up on your desktop as just another hard drive. Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links -- www.SpreadingThePink.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] external hard drive
I have a Maxtor One Touch 300GB that I've been using for a while now. It hasn't given me any problems (knock wood). I downloaded that LaCie Silverkeeper software and do a full bootable backup to a partition on the external once a week, and I use the other partition for extra storage. I also back up some of my files to my old 40GB iPod ... it's otherwise unused now that I've upgraded.-- http://kellybelly.net SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
