Posted by AZ Nomad on 10/03/06 16:56

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:27:20 GMT, AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote:


>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.

Ooops. Make that 8MB/minute, or about 150K/second.
Even your P2 should be able to handle that.

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