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Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
To be honest, this is ridiculous. I now have to have 3 separate harddrives to replace what should be just one.
I have to have one to record with on PCs, one to record with on Macs, and one to actually transfer files between the two. I'm sorry, but this this is absolutely ridiculous and I cannot believe Digi did this. Does anyone know why? Is there actually any logic behind this? Personally, I think this needs to be changed. It is extremely inconvenient and seemingly unnecessary. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Brandon |
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
I had a feeling I would not receive an answer to this question.
Brandon |
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
As I recall, one of the reasons was because of FAT32 limitations in Vista, but there were other reasons that FAT32 for recording was dropped. There is some discussion about this in this thread from 2007:
Who is using FAT 32 for recording and why? One option would be to do everything (record, playback, transfer) on a Mac HFS+ formatted drive. Newer versions of Pro Tools allow recording to HFS+ drives on both Mac and Windows... Hard Drive Requirements — Pro Tools LE for Windows Quote:
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
Thank you for the reply. I stand corrected. :)
I have heard the HFS+ in Windows only works on PT LE. Is this correct? I'm running MPowered and that would knock me out of the running, needless to say. What FAT32 limitations are there in Vista? I've got a drive (that used to be my main PT drive) that is FAT32, 320gb, and does fine. FAT32 isn't supported as a bootable drive in Vista, but it will still read and write fine. Regardless, I will give the HFS+ thing a shot. That will bring it down to two drives, I suppose. Still, transferring between two systems, one Mac and one PC presents a challenge. Thanks again for the reply. Brandon |
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
After reviewing more, to be honest, the list of issues and comparisons between FAT32 and NTFS only have to do with the operating system as far as I could tell. Anything having to do with using them with ProTools was not mentioned at all.
Just fwiw. :) Brandon |
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
Besides not being able to install Vista on FAT32, Microsoft removed the ability to format as FAT32 in Vista. There are workarounds that do allow you to do that if you do a search for FAT32 and Vista, but it is not in the normal formatting tool in Vista. And the information here:
Comparing NTFS and FAT file systems You are correct that Mac HFS+ support is not included with M-Powered. What I don't know is whether or not you can add MacDrive, and use it with M-Powered to record to an HFS+ drive in Windows: www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive You might want to ask on the M-Powered Windows forum to see if anyone is doing that. Even if you were not able to record to an HFS+ drive in M-Powered, you would still be able to use an HFS+ drive for transfer if you had MacDrive installed on your Windows computer.
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
Right. There are also workarounds to the 32gb limitation.
I will look into MacDrive, but I don't like the thought of relying on a "wrapper" of sorts, to handle recording info. Seems potentially unstable. Especially when FAT32 is already readable and writable on both OS's. Thanks again for your replies. Brandon |
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
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Re: Why can we not record to FAT drives any more?
The reason is painfully simple, FAT32 does NOT support file transfers over 4GB. While lots of other DAW's out there support FAT32, Pro Tools does not because there is a possiblity that recording long passes will exceed this limit. Imagine if you were recording a 2 hour concert and half way through PT crashed? oops! all gone, and you blew the gig.
Get MacDrive, it ensures compatibility between HFS+ & Windows, it's the only way to have one drive work with both machines. I've been using it for my glyph's between my BOXX & Mac Pro and it works flawlessly. |
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