Possible to VideoEdit or Capture Using an External HD ?

[Sam]

1)Is it possible to do videoediting (Premiere Pro) using source video clips
located on an *external* hard disc
with either firewire (400/800) or USB2 Connectivity to the main PC? I am
thinking of buying external hard disk(s)
to store the ever growing volume of DV avi files from my camcorder so want
to know if I would have to copy them
back to an internal HD prior to editing.

Assumptions:
*When you "import" a video clip into premiere I'm guessing it justs
"reads"or points to the HD where the clip is
located so the video clip on an external HD stays on the external HD (hence
no need for high speed data transfer).
*Any editing or rendering occurs between Premiere (on its own internal
drive) and the pc's ram/cpu etc.(hence the
time consuming steps would be the same irrespective of the source clips
location)
*The edited preview files/rendered files are written back to the specified
External HD once saved
(not sure how much slower this would be)

2) Can you specify an External HD as the capture location (via Premiere Pro)
when capturing from your camcorder
and not drop frames etc?

Assumption:
*you can capture via Camcorder firewire to an internal HD so you should be
able to capture and write to an external
HD using firewire connectivity.

TIA

Sam
XP Pro SP2 P4 3.2 GH 1GB Ram

 

[Graham Hughes]

I'd make sure it at least runs firewire, if it also has usb2 then fine. If
it has firewire you can daisy chain the cam to the ext drive to the laptop
and capture that way.
If you haven't worked out yet that you can select anywhere to save you files
to when capturing, I expect the app is going to be a long steep learning
curve for you, but all the same, yes you can save them anywhere, so long as
the drive names rename constant you will have no trouble, but if drive d
becomes e then you'll need to tell Prem Pro where the files have gone.
You can also specify where all the temp files go as well.

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
Laird of Glencairn
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