Help with video editiong on an external hard drive

[Guest]

I want to edit video on my external hard drive but am having problems. My OS
is Windows XP Pro, my hard drive is a Western Digital 320 GB, and my software
is Pinnacle Studio version 8. I have successfully captured the video to the
hard drive (via the notebook's C drive and then copied to the hard drive).
Now I am running the application from the C drive and trying to edit video on
the external drive and am getting dropped/jittery video while editing. The
hard drive is connected via firewire and a 1.1 USB port. I am moderatley
computer literate at best and am stumped.

 

[Armand Hammer]

Why would you have it connected via firewire and usb 1.1?

 

[decoder]

I want to edit video on my external hard drive but am having problems. My
OS
is Windows XP Pro, my hard drive is a Western Digital 320 GB, and my
software
is Pinnacle Studio version 8. I have successfully captured the video to
the
hard drive (via the notebook's C drive and then copied to the hard drive).
Now I am running the application from the C drive and trying to edit video
on
the external drive and am getting dropped/jittery video while editing. The
hard drive is connected via firewire and a 1.1 USB port. I am moderatley
computer literate at best and am stumped.

Video editing is an extremely CPU/cache intensive chore,
As you're running XP and the diting software via a "notebook"?
What is it's spec?
And notably what's the FSB spec?
(Front side bus - this is hardware configuration/CPU/Mobo etc,
how connected devices efficiently interact etc.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_side_bus

I suspect it is going to be a case that it maybe too demanding
a task for a "notebook"?

 

[Guest]

The computer is a Gateway 40GB, Pentium 4- 2.4 Ghz processor with 512 MB RAM.
I have previously done editing on it but have since run out of room on the
internal hard drive. I was hoping to either be able to edit uploaded video on
the hard drive with the application still on the C drive. Is this possible or
am I going to have to upload the video to the C drive? Also, would it help if
I installed the application to the external drive?

 

[decoder]

The computer is a Gateway 40GB, Pentium 4- 2.4 Ghz processor with 512 MB
RAM.

Alas, you don't detail which specific Gateway laptop?
Though I looked up the range:
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Gateway_M460XL_QS/4505-3121_16-31299532-2.html?

And the consistant spec theme:
"40GB hard drive spinning at a pedestrian 4,200rpm,
and integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator"
Basically, you are expecting far too much from your laptop.
If you had success when files were on the laptops C drive,
then thats the option you should continue with.
Export files from C drive to the external drive,
with space available, import files from external for editing.