Posted by Steve on 10/03/06 15:34

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:33:52 GMT, AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:50:56 GMT, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
>>If not, there's 2 choices. Since you have a laptop, getting a video
>>capture device is probably not practical since it tended to be CPU
>>hog, disk space hog, and a pain in the ass for less experienced
>>computer user to make it work. This method is cheaper than other by a
>>long shot. About $50 to $100 for the device if you already have hard
>>drive space to deal with raw video.
>
>bullshit.
>
>Just about all external video capture devices do some kind of compression.
>Getting the video stream is no worse than reading a thumb drive.

Mobile hard drives rarely have the room nor speed for reliable
capture. So this is NOT "bullshit." Personally I use a USB2 external
3.5" 300 gig drive and a Pinnacle 700USB to do captures on an IBM T23.
Iffy, but it gets the job done. Some high-end Macbooks are popular
for video capture and editing, as are the Intel Mac equivalents.

... Steve ..

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