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Appendix B: Tips and tricks 277
APPENDIX B:
Tips and tricks
Here are some hints from Pinnacle technical specialists
on choosing, using and maintaining a computer system
with video in mind.
Hardware
To use Studio effectively, your hardware should be
optimally prepared and configured.
It is recommended that you use UDMA IDE drives as
they provide reliable video transfer performance with
Studio. We highly recommend you capture to a hard
drive other than the one upon which Windows and the
Studio software are installed.
Since recording video sequences in the DV format
requires a data transfer rate of approximately 3.6 MB
per second, your hard drive should maintain a
performance level of at least 4 MB/s. Higher transfer
rates will ensure reliability and help avoid problems
with output to tape.
You can calculate the amount of hard drive space
you’ll need for your video using the 3.6 MB/sec value.