External HDD for video editing?

[macstatic]

Thanks for clearing that up.

So, considering the above example would take up approx. 160 GB, I should be fine with a 300 or 400 GB drive, shouldn't I?
10 hours or raw footage is quite a lot in my opinion. I don't know what's the normal or best procedure is for editing videos, but I was thinking of transferring all those videos to the hard-drive, then take bits and pieces out of it for my final video. Are there better work methods for editing?

Yes, you're right: I can always buy a second drive later, but I'd prefer trying to get it more or less right the first time around, which is why I ask so many questions

 

[iPhil]

Thanks for clearing that up.

So, considering the above example would take up approx. 160 GB, I should be fine with a 300 or 400 GB drive, shouldn't I?
10 hours or raw footage is quite a lot in my opinion. I don't know what's the normal or best procedure is for editing videos, but I was thinking of transferring all those videos to the hard-drive, then take bits and pieces out of it for my final video. Are there better work methods for editing?

Yes, you're right: I can always buy a second drive later, but I'd prefer trying to get it more or less right the first time around, which is why I ask so many questions

If the videos are in DV format then this applies:

Using Quicktime Pro (about $30) you can open the .dv files and cut and paste them into individual segments (dv is about 4.5 minutes per gb, so for safety sake you can consider each segment about 18 minutes), export these into individual .dv files, and burn each segment onto its own dvd-r. If you need to reconstruct the projects, you would need to do the reverse - copy all the segments back to the Mac's hard drive, use QTPro to re-assemble the segments into the original length files, and bring them back into iMovie.

thats a rough guess on the dv file size in GB..
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thats a qoute #15 from me.. if the video is in vhs to digital then i would think that 400Gb drive would be enough..

if its dv format to Mac then 10 hrs of video would be around 1.3TB drive size .. its roughly 4.5 mins Dv video per GB.. The 1.3 terabyte HDD is based on 1 hour per tape..


iphil