Capturing thru laptop via firewire & USB

Renton Maclachlan · February 2nd, 2008, 02:16 PM

Thanks Jeff. I am not thinking of capturing to the HD with the OS on so as to edit it there. Simply as a location to capture to. Once captured, I would move it to my main computer for editing.

This is what I did in the situation I referred to in my first post.

My options are either to do this, or capture, as I have said, to an external drive thru the laptop. Or, if capturing to the HD with the OS is a bad idea, partition my existing drive so it has a section dedicated to video capture.

Jeff Harper · February 2nd, 2008, 02:24 PM

OK Renton, I get it. Sure it would work. If it doesn't there's something wrong or out of the ordinary with the equipment. I do that all the time, transfer files onto one PC while I work on another and then move the files later. I don't do it to the OS drive cause I have others to choose from.

That is probably an ideal solution for what you need to do short of using another PC.

February 2nd, 2008, 02:16 PM	#16
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	Thanks Jeff. I am not thinking of capturing to the HD with the OS on so as to edit it there. Simply as a location to capture to. Once captured, I would move it to my main computer for editing. This is what I did in the situation I referred to in my first post. My options are either to do this, or capture, as I have said, to an external drive thru the laptop. Or, if capturing to the HD with the OS is a bad idea, partition my existing drive so it has a section dedicated to video capture.

February 2nd, 2008, 02:24 PM	#17
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	OK Renton, I get it. Sure it would work. If it doesn't there's something wrong or out of the ordinary with the equipment. I do that all the time, transfer files onto one PC while I work on another and then move the files later. I don't do it to the OS drive cause I have others to choose from. That is probably an ideal solution for what you need to do short of using another PC.