Posted by Pseud O. Nym on 02/27/06 15:30

glenzabr@nospamnope.xmission.com (GMAN) wrote in news:dtsupi$cmr$2
@news.xmission.com:

> Forget about using an external
> hard drive and external USB video capture device at the same time.
>

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I think it must depend on the particular device(s).

For a long time I have been using a "Hauppage WinTV USB2" capture device
and I usually capture to external a USB2 160gb drive. I haven't had any
problems with this arrangement. The Hauppage has a built-in hardware Mpeg
encoder and I am sure that helps with my setup.

I also often watch TV in a window and sometimes I use the "pause live
TV" feature while I am using my computer along with 3 external USB2 hard
drives in a normal manner while my internet activity is using a
RoadRunner cable connection through a USB2 WiFi connection.

So far I have had no problems ... knock on wood.

PON

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