Nnovia vs Firestore for JVCHD110U? at DVinfo.net

Jim Fields · February 13th, 2007, 03:39 PM

I have 2 Citidisc HDV 100gb drives for my JVC camera.

And I hate them, with all of my heart.
I grow tired of those wonderfull 8 minute clips, you know, the ones with dropped frames that I was told would never happen.
I also hate how after 2-3 hours the drives decide to just stop recording, even though there is plenty of power, and space on the drives.

So I am looking for a new DTD soloution. I was looking into the Firestore for my JVC camera, when I was pointed to the Nnovia QC120 for HDV.

From what I was told by the rep, the Nnovia will record say 4 hours non stop, one big file. I dont care if it is a M2T file, as I use MPEG Streamclip to convert for FCP, however a 720P30 QT file would make me even more happy.

So, the Nnovia QC120 from what I am told is the only NTFS drive soloution out there, which is where I get the non "8 minute" clips.

Is this true?
Anyone have the Nnovia, what about the firestore? how do the 2 compare.
I plan on using a AB gold mount kit to keep from using external batteries like I do with the Citidisk. How does the gold mount do for energy consumption do? will I loose say 45 minutes off of the AB batts if I go that route?. I need more details than what I was given with the CD drives.

I need some stories here, these things are not cheap and I allready spent XX amount on all that Citidisk crap as it is.

Jon Snyder · February 14th, 2007, 03:30 PM

Does this exist? Want to output from a switcher using analog component into a D2D to have a hard drive based recording. Looking for a least 3-4 hours...

Jon

Dave F. Nelson · February 14th, 2007, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Snyder

Does this exist? Want to output from a switcher using analog component into a D2D to have a hard drive based recording. Looking for a least 3-4 hours...

Jon

Try this thread. They are trying to do this while trying to avoid the more expensive HD SDI solution.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=86267

Hope this helps.

Giroud Francois · February 15th, 2007, 01:48 AM

a chasecam has analog input, but it records on compact flash not on HDD and with mpeg2 , not DV.

February 13th, 2007, 03:39 PM	#1
Jim Fields Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Worth Texas Posts: 247	Nnovia vs Firestore for JVCHD110U? I have 2 Citidisc HDV 100gb drives for my JVC camera. And I hate them, with all of my heart. I grow tired of those wonderfull 8 minute clips, you know, the ones with dropped frames that I was told would never happen. I also hate how after 2-3 hours the drives decide to just stop recording, even though there is plenty of power, and space on the drives. So I am looking for a new DTD soloution. I was looking into the Firestore for my JVC camera, when I was pointed to the Nnovia QC120 for HDV. From what I was told by the rep, the Nnovia will record say 4 hours non stop, one big file. I dont care if it is a M2T file, as I use MPEG Streamclip to convert for FCP, however a 720P30 QT file would make me even more happy. So, the Nnovia QC120 from what I am told is the only NTFS drive soloution out there, which is where I get the non "8 minute" clips. Is this true? Anyone have the Nnovia, what about the firestore? how do the 2 compare. I plan on using a AB gold mount kit to keep from using external batteries like I do with the Citidisk. How does the gold mount do for energy consumption do? will I loose say 45 minutes off of the AB batts if I go that route?. I need more details than what I was given with the CD drives. I need some stories here, these things are not cheap and I allready spent XX amount on all that Citidisk crap as it is.

February 14th, 2007, 03:30 PM	#2
Jon Snyder Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ USA Posts: 35	Need A D2D with analog component input Does this exist? Want to output from a switcher using analog component into a D2D to have a hard drive based recording. Looking for a least 3-4 hours... Jon

February 15th, 2007, 01:48 AM	#4
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	a chasecam has analog input, but it records on compact flash not on HDD and with mpeg2 , not DV.