In the old days of Windows that was very true so I understand your statement; but, with XP that has changed. In only a few minutes I have both the software and hardware installed and learning all the ins and outs with a qucik sample video I took in the backyard.
Had my first 2 Hour Video all done and ready to push out to VHS/DVD and BANG! goes my Harddrive. Yes, we do backups; but, the software couldn't handle files over 4GB in size which for normal PC users that's not an issue. For Video work, every hour of video is about a 20GB file so the video work was not getting backup so all is lost. Now I have to rebuild my PC all over again which is a major pain in the #$%@ before I can even think of starting Video work again.
Oh yeah... you have to have drives that run 7200 rpm or better. I believe thats the rate. you might want to reduce the file quality on your video. If you are digitizing VHS, the source material is not so high rez that you need to keep yourself on higher settings. You may be able to get down closer to a 11GB per hour of video. I have yet to get a drive failure. Just the thought of what you went through has me quivering in fear. Psst, Denver area has two Apple stores. There is a demo of a new product on the 25th of this month and they are doing a drawing for a really nice system complete with video/DVD software. It might be worth going and putting your name in the hat. I know the cherry creek store is doing it at 7 pm of that day.
When the harddrive went, I wasn't doing any video work. My wife was only doing some Quicken work when she heard a noise, completed her work and shutdown the PC. When I got home to see what she was talking about the drive failed shortly after XP booted with some major "metal" banging so I knew what it was. No chance to save anything that had not been already part of a backup. The Studio 9 software was working great and easy to us with every feature I need. We know have the replacement harddrive in place and backups restored (minus the Video) so it's just back to the drawing board in putting in all back together. The hardest part was just doing the narration since I'm note a speaker; let alone a writer. Thanks for the tip though...
Yes!; but, it's a know "Safe Place" at the Georgetown Loading platform. Check out the Georgetown Loop Railroad - 2004 topic in the Railfan Photos forum for more photos. Note: This operation closes for good on October 3, 2004 so there is little time left to see these engines in action running up and down the famous Loop!
The video was taken from the far end of the platform (show below) at the bottom of the steps. That small Aspen Tree on the left is the same one in the video clip so you can see just how close to the tracks one can get safley.
