> From: Ken Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The video clips were then copied to an external USB2 hard disc which is set > up using NTSS format. > > The editing is to be done on a Power Mac G4 (running OS 10.3.something), the > external HD is plugged into the USB2 port on the Power Mac and we are > attempting import the video clips into Final Cut Pro version 4. > > The import is working, but is terribly slow (painfully so). Is there > anything that we can do that anyone is aware of to speed up the process.
Ken, Does the G4 have a USB v2 PCI card? If not, all older PowerMac G4's only had older USB v1.1 ports which can only run at 12Mbps rather than 480Mbps. If you do have the USB drive plugged into a USB v2 card, then have you tried copying the files to the G4's hard disk first and then tried importing into FCP? If so, was it slow copying to the HD as well? If so, then the USB hard disk or the USB connection is at fault. Try plugging the USB drive into a USB port unused by any other device - if you happen to have a keyboard or mouse or other USB 1 device using the same USB bus, then the USB 2 bus drops down to the same speed as USB v1.1. If you don't have a USB v2.0 PCI card handy, you're better off burning the files onto a data DVD-R or using a Firewire HD (assuming you have a Firewire card in your PC). -Mart
