Posted by AZ Nomad on 10/03/06 16:27

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:34:03 -0400, Steve <jazzhunter@atcollectorAGAIN.org> wrote:


>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
Yes it is. With compressed video, a two hour long movie is about a gig,
or about 8MB/s. If you're using USB2 and you have something newer than a
1ghz P3, it is plenty practical.

Time for you to trade in the P2.

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