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Old August 12th, 2007, 05:36 PM   #1
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External Hard Drive Problem

I just upgraded my storage capacity by getting a 500GB external hard drive. I got it all set up and ready to capture. I changed the scratch disk setting to save the videos to the drive. It says there's 400GB+ of room for capture, yet after about 9 minutes of capturing it stops and says there isn't enough disk space for caputre. I use FCP to edit and I have the feeling I'm missing a vital setting change. Does anyone know what might be the problem? I'd really appreciate the help.

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Old August 12th, 2007, 05:47 PM   #2
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I just upgraded my storage capacity by getting a 500GB external hard drive. I got it all set up and ready to capture. I changed the scratch disk setting to save the videos to the drive. It says there's 400GB+ of room for capture, yet after about 9 minutes of capturing it stops and says there isn't enough disk space for caputre. I use FCP to edit and I have the feeling I'm missing a vital setting change. Does anyone know what might be the problem? I'd really appreciate the help.

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Aren't scratch disk and capture disk two different settings?
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Old August 12th, 2007, 06:03 PM   #3
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Aren't scratch disk and capture disk two different settings?
i honestly don't know the difference. i use the scratch disk to capture my footage. capturing has always been straight forward for me when editing. i haven't had to adjust the settings in a long time. not since i was in college.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 06:22 PM   #4
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I don't use FCP but the scratch disk generally means capture disk. In PP you can set different disks for video, audio, preview renders etc.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 08:44 PM   #5
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i think the problem is the actual hard drive. there may be a format issue or i didn't install it correctly. i followed the install directions and i was prompted to restart my computer. every indication was that it installed ok. i tried to move a 10GB file to the hard drive and it gave me an error message about 6GB into the transfer. i have a few small video files already stored on the drive. i don't understand what the problem is.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 09:02 PM   #6
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Perhaps the hd is set to fat32 files which won't load larger than 6gb files. Try NTSF and you should have no problems.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 09:09 PM   #7
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Perhaps the hd is set to fat32 files which won't load larger than 6gb files. Try NTSF and you should have no problems.
you're right! thanks for the help Jason.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 10:11 PM   #8
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has to be formated for mac

No, don't use NTSF with a mac, use disk utility and format it using Mac OS Extended(Journaled) and your problem will be fixed.
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Old August 12th, 2007, 10:16 PM   #9
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No, don't use NTSF with a mac, use disk utility and format it using Mac OS Extended(Journaled) and your problem will be fixed.
i didn't, he guided me in the right direction though.
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Old August 13th, 2007, 06:56 AM   #10
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funnily enough i would have answered this straight away if i had seen it earlier..

my last two 500gb externals (diff.makes) BOTH said the same message and BOTH needed formatting before accepting large video files (even though they arrived pre-formatted!)
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