Drive speed requirements for AVCHD?

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Drive speed requirements for AVCHD?

Alright now I know everyone says FW800 is no good these days, but I am only editing 2 streams of 25mbit avchd from a 7200rpm FW800 drive. I'm not doing any graphics or anything, just simple editing with some light color correction. It plays back pretty much no problem and I'm getting around 60MB/s read / write right now. I'm wondering if I get the RAID thunderbolt rugged drive from lacie which is supposedly supposed to be around 240MB/s read / write, would I even notice a difference?

Posted on May 26, 2015 5:21 PM

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May 27, 2015 2:00 AM in response to Brian 2

Probably not for this situation. You would certainly notice it for 4K or multicam with a few more angles.

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Russ H

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May 27, 2015 5:29 AM in response to Brian 2

You can check the throughput of the FW drive with one of the free speed tests that are available from manufacturers like AJA and Blackmagic, If it's comfortably over 60 MB/s, what Luis said. OTH, not all drives are created equal. I have a 2 TB G-Tech that cannot come close to 60 while another G-Tech is very "fast" (for a FW drive, that is). Worth checking.

Russ

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