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December 9th, 2012, 02:43 AM
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External power for hard drive - USB3 or eSATA
Advice please about external drives to which to capture HD (from dSLR) or HDV and then to edit directly from (mostly single-stream cutting). I've always assumed eSATA is a better option than USB, even USB3, but here in Kabul the mains power supply goes down at least every other day, plus it would be useful to take the drive-plus-laptop into the field.
It doesn't seem that an external eSATA can recieve bus power from the laptop. Is this correct? Would USB3 be adequate for up to long-form editing with (mostly) single stream footage, file-based or HDV, plus audio? Is it possible to have an eSATA data connection with a USB power connection to the laptop? Or is that crazy? Any thoughts / experience gratefully recieved.
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December 10th, 2012, 04:44 PM
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Re: External power for hard drive - USB3 or eSATA
USB3 should be sufficient. Some pocket drives that have eSATA and USB ports come with a USB to power connector adapter for people who want to use the eSATA port. You plus the USB side into the computer and the power connector into the drive.
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December 10th, 2012, 10:54 PM
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Re: External power for hard drive - USB3 or eSATA
Many thanks for the advice.
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