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View Full Version : SxS download very very slow.... Kalunga Lima July 7th, 2008, 02:26 PM I've just acquired a EX1 as a B Camera for my F350 and was surprised at how long it takes to download a full 16 Gb SxS Memory card (50 min) compared to equal time on a XDCam HD optical disk. We've updated our software and have the latest version of XDCam Transfer on an 8-Core Mac.... is there anything I'm missing? Otherwise I'm very impressed with the image. thanks Barry Wilkes July 7th, 2008, 03:07 PM May be anti virus softwere had this problem !! Dave Morrison July 7th, 2008, 03:38 PM If you're downloading direct from the camera, it can be fairly slow. The fastest download I can do is putting the SxS card into the ExpressCard slot of my MacBook Pro. Alister Chapman July 7th, 2008, 05:01 PM do you have any usb1 devices plugged in or are you using a hub? It does take about 10 mind to off load a full 16gb card. Also what are you copying too? Some external drives can struggle to keep up. Craig Hollenback July 7th, 2008, 06:12 PM If you're downloading direct from the camera, it can be fairly slow. The fastest download I can do is putting the SxS card into the ExpressCard slot of my MacBook Pro. I agree...I download via a Dell Vostro laptop...16BG about 10 minutes if I recall., Then burn to an external and bring it into the mac FCP. Perrone Ford July 7th, 2008, 06:36 PM Just tested my Dell M6300 1.16GB in 46 seconds. So about 45 seconds per gig. Craig Seeman July 7th, 2008, 06:36 PM On my MacPro 8 Core I get about 4x from either EX1 or Sony USB card reader. About 14 minutes give or take for a 16GB card. Kalunga Lima July 7th, 2008, 11:50 PM It was taking almost 4 hrs to download a single 16 Gb SXS on my 8 Core??? From your responses I gathered it was a USB issue. I had the SxS reader plugged into my keyboard's USB port (as my CPU is in another room), when I moved the reader directly to the CPU, things got noticeably better, approaching the times experienced by others. Thanks Ned Soltz July 8th, 2008, 03:41 AM Using Shotput Express 2.0.1, I downloaded a full 16gb card directly inserted into the Express34 slot on a MacBook Pro to the internal MBPro hard drive in a little over 6 minutes. Dave Morrison July 8th, 2008, 06:29 AM It was taking almost 4 hrs to download a single 16 Gb SXS on my 8 Core??? From your responses I gathered it was a USB issue. I had the SxS reader plugged into my keyboard's USB port (as my CPU is in another room), when I moved the reader directly to the CPU, things got noticeably better, approaching the times experienced by others. Thanks There's your problem. I believe that your keyboard operates at USB 1.1 speeds and anything plugged into it would behave the same. |