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John Boettner
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Jan 18, 2001, 11:22 AM
 
iMacDVSE w/Maxtor 80gb firewire drive . . .

With Sony DV camera I can download footage directly to external HD. With Canon DV (Elura) camera, I get big dropouts and have to download to iMac internal HD and then copy that file to external HD. Am I missing something to make my Canon work like the Sony?

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MickS
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Jan 19, 2001, 03:37 AM
 
What version of the Apple Firewire software are you running? There are problems with importing to external firewire drives before version 2.4.

Also are these connected to separate firewire ports or daisy-chained?
     
John Boettner  (op)
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Jan 19, 2001, 07:55 AM
 
Thanks, Mick

Firewire 2.5
Canon Elura is chunky on the download whether connected directly or daisy-chained. Tried it both ways. Sony can download smoothly either way. Went to Apple iMovie tech info sight yesterday and they noted Sony's could download to externals and Canons couldn't. Dang. Is that a Canon problem or a firewire problem. Can it/will it be fixed? Sure is a drag (literally and figuatively) to have to copy back and forth between drives.
Thanks for any help you have.
     
 
   
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