[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[Jim]

I suspect it's the Mac factor. Flash drives usually come pre-formatted 
for PC FAT or FAT32. To run on a Mac I suspect it reformats first time 
through and that could take some time.

Glad it's working to spec now!

Jim

John Case wrote:
> 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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