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Old June 6th, 2004, 09:59 PM   #1
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Formatting HDs for DV & Cluster Size?

Hello,

Just wondering if there is an advantage in selecting specific cluster sizes when formatting a HD for DV editing.

I know 64k cluster sizes are ideal for audio editing but what about video??

Here is a thread that explains why audio benefits from the largest cluster size:

http://groups.google.com.au/groups?h....uk%26rnum%3D3 (Read message 6 in thread)

Would this be the case for editing video too???

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Old June 8th, 2004, 04:30 AM   #2
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Well in theory larger block sizes should work well with video since
those files are very large as well. Whether the speed difference
is that much to bother is something I doubt with today's harddisks.

But a test could reveal whether it is worthwile.

Keep in mind that some harddisk tools have trouble with large
cluster sizes (like some defragmentation / partition tools for
example). I assume the default Windows tools should work
without any problems.

Personally I just let the NTFS format pick the cluster size it wants
for a given partition size.
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