External Firewire HD hotswap between Mac/PC?

Jeffery Haas · May 1st, 2007, 02:54 AM

It's my understanding that a PC with the right software can see the Mac's firewire output as a digital video device via the capture program.
Correct me if I am wrong but would it not be possible to simply "print to" the PC's capture program from the FCP timeline with the finished DV file?

Apologies if this sounds ridiculous.

Maksim Yankovskiy · May 4th, 2007, 05:27 PM

I would say format on a PC using FAT32 filesystem.
Make sure that you set the cluster size to the largest possible value (64K, I think). This makes a big difference when writing large files. I don't think many standard PC formatting utilities support setting large cluster sizes. You may need to use a program like Partition Magic for that.

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Originally Posted by Connor Roberts

If it is under 1 hour, i export as 8MBPS / LPCM audio
It it is over 1 hour, i export as 6MBPS / LPCM audio
etc...

Why not AC3 for audio? LPCM audio is very space-hungry; DVD doesn't allow for that.

May 1st, 2007, 02:54 AM	#16
Jeffery Haas New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mansfield, Texas Posts: 18	External Firewire HD hotswap between Mac/PC? It's my understanding that a PC with the right software can see the Mac's firewire output as a digital video device via the capture program. Correct me if I am wrong but would it not be possible to simply "print to" the PC's capture program from the FCP timeline with the finished DV file? Apologies if this sounds ridiculous.