Speed rates on hdd problems - DV capturing

[wojeda74]

Recently i installed the pinnacle, a firewire card. i have tried to capture video from my miniDV. When i try to capture video there was a message 'speed rate of the c: is slower than the DV, you need almost 4444kbps rate'
i have a maxtor hdd, can anyone help me in this problem??? i have 40GB free, do i need to buy a new HDD???? more rpm??

[Gazorgan]

It's a combination of Windows ME (which nothing works quite right on) and you OS being on the same drive. Despite whatever you do, your computer always uses the swap file. Using the swapfile while capturing causes issues.

Havigna 5400 RPM drive limits your options (it's marginally slower, and matters on a 1 drive computer, but nearly as much on a 2 drive system).

You can pick up anoterh 60 GB drive for under $60 in many places (after rebate). Make it a Secondary Master and your problems should go away.

Make sure you are in DMA mode, not PIO mode for your drives.
Make sure you don't have a CD/DVD drive on the same cable as you HD.

[gmatov]

It might also be a good idea to go to Control Panel>System>Performance, and ensure you are not runnong in DOS Compatability Mode, meaning your IDE drivers are incorrectly or not installed at all.

That's the Hard Drive Controller.

George