How do I run HD Media from an External Hard Drive?

I have a Macbook Pro, with Final Cut 7. I'm editing clips in HD shot with Canon 7d. I have a 250GB external Hard Drive. How do I set it up as my "Scratch Disk" and able to run all the media I'm editing from there too (for Playback, ect). And in the end is it going to effect how I export it for YouTube or anything?

I don't know how to pull media from the hard drive to edit with.
File>Import. Or drag the media from the scratch drive (after you copy it there from wherever) into your project.
But you are specifically talking about Canon DSLR footage. These files aren't huge...they are pretty small in fact. But what they are is a codec that isn't editable. You need to convert these to ProRes, THEN edit. You can use the Canon DSLR plugin for FCP to Log and Transfer them (therefore putting them onto your Capture Scratch), or use Clipwrap or MPEG STREAMCLIP to convert them to ProRes. Google "Canon 5D and Final Cut Pro" and find the wealth of people talking about this.
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/story/canonreleases_a_dslr_plug_in_for_final_cut_pros_log_and_transfertool/
Shane

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Here's my dilemma:
My laptop's internal C: hard drive is busting with data - it's full. So in an effort to simplify and create space, I bought a 1TB external hard drive (F: drive) and moved all of my media, including iTunes, over to it for simplicity and the sake of freeing up space on my C drive.
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Thanks in advance,
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moved all of my media, including iTunes, over to it for simplicity and the sake of freeing up space on my C drive.
I have pointed iTunes successfully to the Media folder on the external drive
That's not the way to do it. Instead of moving it yourself, you should let iTunes consolidate the new location.
HOWEVER, try as I might, iTunes keeps creating new library files under the C drive regardless of what I do.
You need to ensure the external is on, mounted and ready before launching iTunes.
Basically, I'm trying to organize and consolidate all iTunes media files onto JUST THE EXTERNAL DRIVE for simplicity and to remove the confusion of unnecessary duplication, but iTunes refuses to cooperate.
Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder to the external.
Hold Shift tand launch iTunes, select Choose library and select the iTunes folder you moved to the external.
Delete the original /Music/iTunes/ folder.
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Quit iTunes, make sure the external is ready.
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It's a very good idea to use an external hard disk to take load off the Main Start-Up (Mac OS) hard disk.
BUT there are some VERY Important things to know.
A. NEVER move via DeskTop/Finder or alter any folders named
• iMovie Events - or -
• iMovie Projects
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• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted for VIDEO - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange works for most things BUT NOT FOR VIDEO - whatever program is used iMovie or FinalCut or iDVD doesn't matter - VERY IMPORTANT ! ! !
• Should be a FireWire one as USB/USB2 performs badly to me especially when filling up. (Thunderbolt might be even better - have non to test)
BUT when reg. iPhoto Library.
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• Yes iPhoto can be directed to find it
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