Martin Pauly
October 26th, 2006, 12:00 PM
I tried to get a feel for whether FireWire hubs are a good idea for video editing or not. I got very mixed results from a search, but mostly in fairly old posts, so I am hoping for some feedback from more recent experience that you guys may have made.
My equipment includes an early 20" Intel iMac with two FireWire-400 ports, a Sony HDV camera, two FireWire harddrives, and a Tascam firewire mixer. To that, I will likely add another FireWire audio device for more audio outputs in the not too distant future.
Right now, I always have the two external harddrives connected (the first one to the iMac, the second one to the other port of the first). The iMac's second port I use either for the mixer of the camera, depending on what I need at the time.
To extend this setup (or make it more convenient), I can think of either chaining devices more (such as adding the mixer to the harddrive chain), or using a FireWire hub. I don't know much about this topic, but I expect that either approach may have some difficulties or things to consider.
Any advise would be appreciated!
- Martin
My equipment includes an early 20" Intel iMac with two FireWire-400 ports, a Sony HDV camera, two FireWire harddrives, and a Tascam firewire mixer. To that, I will likely add another FireWire audio device for more audio outputs in the not too distant future.
Right now, I always have the two external harddrives connected (the first one to the iMac, the second one to the other port of the first). The iMac's second port I use either for the mixer of the camera, depending on what I need at the time.
To extend this setup (or make it more convenient), I can think of either chaining devices more (such as adding the mixer to the harddrive chain), or using a FireWire hub. I don't know much about this topic, but I expect that either approach may have some difficulties or things to consider.
Any advise would be appreciated!
- Martin