[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[John Case]

Yes, it was the first transfer. Have now transfered the sequences to  
the drive again (having erased the first lot in Mac Disc Utility ).  
It took 3 minutes this time!! Some difference!!

Furthermore the shows started immediately when I clicked on them,  
with excellent quality. What happened the first time is a mystery.

Many thanks for your advice Jim.

John


On 24 Feb 2007, at 15:18, Jim wrote:

> Now we really DO have a puzzle :-)
>
> There is no obvious reason I can think for a x20 difference in  
> speed. Fragmentation of the files is possible, but would be true of  
> your mixed files too and x20 seems a ridiculous level of  
> degradation. Is it possible there was a poor connection or some  
> other similar physical problem first time you tried? Was the  
> transfer of the slide show the FIRST transfer you had attempted  
> onto the drive? Have you tried the presentation transfer again?
>
> Mmmm !!!???
> Jim
>
> John Case wrote:
>> Yes, the flash drive is described as USB 2.0, high speed (110X)  
>> and I plugged in to a USB 2 port on a MacBook.
>>
>> I have just experimented and transfered 812 MB of mixed files to  
>> the flash drive. It took 3 minutes.
>>
>> Obviously presentations consisting of pictures, transitions, audio  
>> with instructions to the computer how to play them, are a very  
>> different. As you say, Jim they need to be transfered to the  
>> computer beforehand. In fact I keep my audio/visual presentations  
>> on my laptop, they are not taking up a massive amount of hard disc  
>> space, less than 1GB.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 13:04, Jim wrote:
>>
>>> I've just transferred 500MB, 2,200 mixed files across a USB 1.1  
>>> connection (very slow) to my ScanDisk 1GB memory stick in 12  
>>> minutes. That should be a worst case, I think. If you have  
>>> another memory stick, why not see how fast it runs in comparison?  
>>> There could be a problem with the drive itself and massive error  
>>> correction could be yet another reason for the slow speed.
>>>
>>> One other thing - I would always recommend transferring your  
>>> presentations from a memory stick to the target computer's hard  
>>> drive in advance of the presentation (assuming this 1 hour xfer  
>>> is an exception...)
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> John Case wrote:
>>>> Just purchased a 2 GB USB drive (Dane Electric) from 7dayshop for
>>>> £9.99 plus P&P.
>>>>
>>>> It works fine for loading and transferring pictures, but executable
>>>> slide shows (10 shows, 860 MB) took one hour to load and each show
>>>> took about a minute to start playing after double clicking. Not  
>>>> long,
>>>> one might say, but can seem like an eternity when you have an
>>>> audience waiting for something to happen!
>>>>
>>>> The quality was excellent and the sequences played without any
>>>> problems, but I think I will stick to CD's for audio visual
>>>> presentations.
>>>>
>>>> My only other criticism is that the thing is so incredibly small it
>>>> can easily get lost!!
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 10:22, Patrick Neave wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> PicStop are doing some really cheap USB drives at the moment,  
>>>>> £5 for
>>>>> a 1G drive is a bargain (mine cost about £35 a year ago!). 2G  
>>>>> is less
>>>>> than £10.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone use PicStop/7DayShop or any of the others for printer
>>>>> carts/memory etc. I am wondering whether it is worth putting an
>>>>> affiliate link on our website.
>>>>>
>>>>> www.picstop.co.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Patrick Neave
>>>>> www.nwbcc.org.uk
>>>>> patrick at nwbcc.org.uk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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