[doubloh]

Greetings all.
I would like to capture digital video from my camcorder onto my external hard drive and edit it from there using Roxio before burning a DVD. The external drive is a 120 Gig Maxtor One Touch using USB 2.0 (it is about half full). Is this a possibility or, do I need Firewire? If my external drive is not OK, any suggestions as to a manufacturer and specs for an additional one would be appreciated.
If Firewire is needed, any suggestions on a good card would be appreciated as well.
I will be using a Dell Dimension 8250 with 2.4 Mhz P4 and 1 gig RDRAM.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[parasolution]

Using USB is fine. Whatever program you are using, you just need to "Save As" to the Maxtor drive.

 

[MysticEyes]

You'll just have to try it. Most who work with video use Firewire, as evidenced by cameras and set top recorder's Firewire ports.

A normal internal HD runs at about 45+ MB/s, an external Firewire drive at about 35MB/s and finally USB2 external at about 25MB/s. Also note that USB cpu usage is much higher than Firewire.

 

[doubloh]

Thank you both for your responses. I guess I'll give the current configuration a try and see what happens. If it fails, Firewire is next.
I appreciate your time.