Drives not recognized at DVinfo.net

Mark Sasahara · October 12th, 2008, 01:05 PM

So, after spending a month trying to match up schedules, my friend and I are finally doing a test to see if my P2 clips will interface with his HP Avid set up.

Nuthin', nada, zip.

My little LaCie rugged drive isn't recognized, nor is my Glyph 050Q. We tried using both the USB and FW400 ports, different cables, Still nothing.

I am a Mac user-MacBook Pro w/Intel chip and his system is a Hewlit Packard XW4600 Work Station, running Avid Media Composer 2.7.2. Windows XP pro, version 2002, SP2.

Is this the old Mac versus PC language problem? I thought that these two drives, especially the LaCie, were cross platform compatible.

Any ideas?

Oh, the HP beeps when the drive is plugged in, it shows up in the device manager and the "safely remove device" icon shows up in the tray, but the drive itself does not show up. How do we access the info??

Very frustrating.
Thanks!

Bill Ravens · October 12th, 2008, 02:16 PM

What's the Lacie formatted? If its HFS, the HP will never be able to read it. Try MACDRIVE7 in the HP.

Mark Sasahara · October 13th, 2008, 09:20 AM

Using the Mac Disk Utility, the format is Mac OS extended. Looks like we will have to reformat. Reading the info at the LaCie website, looks like we're screwed.

So, would the best thing to do be to dump clips back onto the P2 card and then use the camera as host to dump onto the reformatted drive?

This is frustrating since the drive is advertised at plaug and play and usable for both Mac and PC.

Good thing we're figuring this out before we shoot.

Chris Barcellos · October 13th, 2008, 09:54 AM

I would try MacDrive 7, as Bill suggested. In spring, I shot a film using HVX200 as DOP, and I wanted copy of files from the hard drive. It was mac formated, but I downloaded MacDrive7, and was able to offload the files. Great program...

Mark Sasahara · October 13th, 2008, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Barcellos

I would try MacDrive 7, as Bill suggested... Great program...

Bill & Chris, thank you so much!

Our workflow test/edit will reconvene this weekend. We'll download MacDrive 7 and report back Monday.

This is why we test :~) This is also why this forum is so great :~))

October 12th, 2008, 01:05 PM	#1
Mark Sasahara Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 649	Drives not recognized So, after spending a month trying to match up schedules, my friend and I are finally doing a test to see if my P2 clips will interface with his HP Avid set up. Nuthin', nada, zip. My little LaCie rugged drive isn't recognized, nor is my Glyph 050Q. We tried using both the USB and FW400 ports, different cables, Still nothing. I am a Mac user-MacBook Pro w/Intel chip and his system is a Hewlit Packard XW4600 Work Station, running Avid Media Composer 2.7.2. Windows XP pro, version 2002, SP2. Is this the old Mac versus PC language problem? I thought that these two drives, especially the LaCie, were cross platform compatible. Any ideas? Oh, the HP beeps when the drive is plugged in, it shows up in the device manager and the "safely remove device" icon shows up in the tray, but the drive itself does not show up. How do we access the info?? Very frustrating. Thanks! __________________ Mark Sasahara Director of Photography Last edited by Mark Sasahara; October 12th, 2008 at 01:14 PM. Reason: adding info

October 13th, 2008, 09:20 AM	#3
Mark Sasahara Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 649	Using the Mac Disk Utility, the format is Mac OS extended. Looks like we will have to reformat. Reading the info at the LaCie website, looks like we're screwed. So, would the best thing to do be to dump clips back onto the P2 card and then use the camera as host to dump onto the reformatted drive? This is frustrating since the drive is advertised at plaug and play and usable for both Mac and PC. Good thing we're figuring this out before we shoot. __________________ Mark Sasahara Director of Photography

October 13th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#4
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	I would try MacDrive 7, as Bill suggested. In spring, I shot a film using HVX200 as DOP, and I wanted copy of files from the hard drive. It was mac formated, but I downloaded MacDrive7, and was able to offload the files. Great program... __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

October 12th, 2008, 02:16 PM	#2
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	What's the Lacie formatted? If its HFS, the HP will never be able to read it. Try MACDRIVE7 in the HP.