hardware question

thomo · Post by **thomo** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:46

hey champions!
I'm a newbie v.j fro australia- who has just got into vjayin (im a film maker by trade)
I am usin resolume 2.2 and i have a few questions!
I don't know a whole lot about computers, and i am tryin to best set up my sony vaio for vjayin
It plays o.k, but if i use any effecys on the layers, or mix more than two images at once it slows down and creates some lag!
my specs are:
sony vaio pcg k66p
2.8ghz
512mb ram
64mb video card

It is my only computer so it also has all my other programs and files goin

Is this o.k?

how can i make it run smoother?

Thanks soooooooooooooo much guys
an aussie loves ya work!

continuity-B · Post by **continuity-B** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 13:39

Get an external firewire drive for your clips. Search the forum.

thomo · Post by **thomo** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 01:30

thanks mate
is usb2 as good as firewire?
cheers

VJzoo · Post by **VJzoo** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 07:03

the diffence is that the bus speed of 480mbs is spred across all your usb ports where as with firewire each port has 480mbs.

i hope that makes scence

i use usb because i find it more relible, my firewire drops out every 30mins or so

continuity-B · Post by **continuity-B** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:42

I say firewire, I'm not sure why your's drops out bunny?

This is for the reason you gave bunny, all usb ports basically share thier bandwidth so if you are using other usb devices, you are reducing the available 480mbps bandwidth for the drive.
Firewire on the other hand has a constant transfer rate of 400mbps all the time.

My advice is get an internal drive and stick it in a caddy with BOTH firewire and usb2 connections (these cost little more than single connection type caddys) that way you can experiment at virtually no extra cost or risk.

Also keep your eye out for firewire800, the new version of firewire with 800mbps transfer (you will likely need a firewire800 pcmcia cardbus too) or external SATA drives with a whopping 1500mbps transfer rate (need SATA pcmcia cardbus). These are more expensive and harder to find solutions at this time though.