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AppleUsur Author

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Thunderbolt and FireWire combo

I know that your clock and RAM have the biggest impact, but...

Let's say I exported a full HD ProRes file out of FCP X via FCP (current settings)....and I have two drives to work with when I will be compressing that file. My system is on my internal SSD and the FireWire 800 and Thunderbolt drives are empty. Would I export that file to the FW and process the file (compressor) from there to the TB or vice versa? Any effect from the read/write, I/O?

Does it matter at all?

Just wondering...thank you.

Posted on Oct 12, 2012 11:22 PM

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AppleUsur Author

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Oct 13, 2012 3:52 PM in response to AppleUsur

Anyone?

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Oct 15, 2012 6:45 AM in response to AppleUsur

Well, it really depends on the drive on the TB port, and if your Mac can compress/process the video as fast as the drive can store it.

But using two different drives, will make a difference.

But I guess the best solution is to store the 'scratch' file on the SSD and render to the TB drive..!

And then delete the temp file from the SSD when you are done..

Update: If you need to test your drive speed, AJA's System Test is a great little utility!

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Oct 15, 2012 8:41 AM in response to Jakob Peterhänsel

Yeah the write speed to the hard drive wouldn't make a huge difference in this case- it's more a question of your GPU/CPU speeds.

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