Hi! > > I am on the point on bying another HD, does USB have enough "speed" to= > > > reccord without problem? > > USBs maximum speed is 11MBit/s. That's not much, if you consider > overhead and the fact that you won't write at an even pace. > I would get a firewire card (about 50 Euro) and a firewire case (100
> fine for recording. You have to have the right drivers though, the > ieee1394 is still beta and once in a while you will get a version that > doesn't work :(. > A word of warning: I have a ALI 1394 based firewire card and this one crashes with a current kernel (ohci). Maybe it's just my system, but I would avoid bying a card with such a chipset (I know only of one: PowerMagic). Regards, Reinhard -- Software-Engineer, Developer for Embedded Devices Project: HyperPen Tablet USB Driver for Linux GnuPG Public Key available on request -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/pgp-signature -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
