Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
Luis Sequeira said: Another option, also usb, is from Elgato. In addition to their EyeTV firewire products, they have just introduced EyeTV wonder usb. It seems to be even cheaper than the Miglia product. But all the encoding is done on the Mac, so you better have a fast Mac. Also, if one lugs the one and only 'book around, recording won't be possible unless the machine sits home. Perhaps this a reasonable reason to buy a Mac Mini for the digital Hub and run it headless with VNC (and a video adapter) ? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
From: Luis Sequeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] I actually have a Miglia card that sits inside my BW (upgraded to a G4 processor; this card seems to need at least a G4). It's ok, but: can not do DivX or any version of MPEG4 compression (the processor is not powerful enough; have to settle with M-JPEG compression) and cannot be used with a mac except a PowerMac (since it is a PCI card). I have just received my QuickSilver 733MHz, if I bought a PCI card for that, would that be enough power to encode stuff ? I presume it has to be done in real time as the incoming feed won't pause... Larry Yes, it has to be done in real time. Yes, you can encode stuff, at least in M-JPEG (like I said, that's what I use in my G4-upgraded BW, which has a slower processor (550MHz vs your 733) and probably slower bus too (100MHz vs your, I think, 133). I use a quarter-screen resolution at full frame rate (25fps) and about medium quality. It scales reasonably well to view full screen. My only real complain is that audio gets out of sync after a while. Not sure if it is because the processor isn't fast enough or a limitation of the codec or what. I don't think you'd be able to do MPEG-4 or DivX, though. For comparison, I sometimes convert the recorded material to DivX using my 1GHz TiBook and it tends to do it in about real time (I didn't measure it accurately). I also tried to encode MPEG-4 directly from a dv stream into the firewire port (using BTV Pro) and it failed miserably (dropping frames left and right and slowing the machine to a crawl), but I now think that may have to do with not having Quicktime Pro installed. I did not have a DivX codec at the time, so I did not try that. Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
4. Analogue - Digital video in box Firewire A little unsure, but I am looking at a low end but useable unit, I have seen the odd DivX licenced unit (Plextor ConvertX PVR DivX)... That would be great, but I looked at their site and it seems to be windows-only and usb2. I would love to have a box like that (doing the compression in hardware). Firewire would be the best, but I could settle with usb2 if it worked with a mac - then I could use it with my Powerbook (so it is slightly ON topic :-)). I actually have a Miglia card that sits inside my BW (upgraded to a G4 processor; this card seems to need at least a G4). It's ok, but: can not do DivX or any version of MPEG4 compression (the processor is not powerful enough; have to settle with M-JPEG compression) and cannot be used with a mac except a PowerMac (since it is a PCI card). Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
I think LaCie 's burner is a good choice as is the HP printer (I have one myself). For the Analog Digital converter, take a look at Miglia products. I've seen them at CompUSA, Mall, Zones, JR, even SmallDog and OWC! There's a $40 mail in rebate on the DC converter. If you don't want the full frame by frame editability and simply, try their new Evolution TV box or their current PCI DVR tuner card(if an internal solution will work for you). I had not seen this post when I previously replied... this new Evolution TV box seems very promising and reasonably affordable. Another option, also usb, is from Elgato. In addition to their EyeTV firewire products, they have just introduced EyeTV wonder usb. It seems to be even cheaper than the Miglia product. Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
From: Luis Sequeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] I actually have a Miglia card that sits inside my BW (upgraded to a G4 processor; this card seems to need at least a G4). It's ok, but: can not do DivX or any version of MPEG4 compression (the processor is not powerful enough; have to settle with M-JPEG compression) and cannot be used with a mac except a PowerMac (since it is a PCI card). I have just received my QuickSilver 733MHz, if I bought a PCI card for that, would that be enough power to encode stuff ? I presume it has to be done in real time as the incoming feed won't pause... Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
I think LaCie 's burner is a good choice as is the HP printer (I have one myself). For the Analog Digital converter, take a look at Miglia products. I've seen them at CompUSA, Mall, Zones, JR, even SmallDog and OWC! There's a $40 mail in rebate on the DC converter. If you don't want the full frame by frame editability and simply, try their new Evolution TV box or their current PCI DVR tuner card(if an internal solution will work for you). As for the hard drive, Miglia do make these as well but only firewire - they do look good though! Their site is www.miglia.com. Did I mention Miglia On 3/1/05 5:55 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking at buying a whole bunch of stuff in one go, but thought that maybe someone had some good advice based on experience, good or bad... :o) 1. DVD±RW external burner LaCie d2 16x FW USB2 2. External harddrive LaCie d2 FW800/400 320GB Maxtor OneTouch II FW/USB2 300GB 3. Basic laser printer HP LJ1010 Brother HL-2030 4. Analogue - Digital video in box Firewire A little unsure, but I am looking at a low end but useable unit, I have seen the odd DivX licenced unit (Plextor ConvertX PVR DivX)... Any thoughts ?! Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ Many Thanks John Davis Portable USA www.portableusa.com Tel: (949) 497 9997 Fax (949) 666 7610 Cell(949) 412 3128 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)
I am looking at buying a whole bunch of stuff in one go, but thought that maybe someone had some good advice based on experience, good or bad... :o) 1. DVD±RW external burner LaCie d2 16x FW USB2 2. External harddrive LaCie d2 FW800/400 320GB Maxtor OneTouch II FW/USB2 300GB 3. Basic laser printer HP LJ1010 Brother HL-2030 4. Analogue - Digital video in box Firewire A little unsure, but I am looking at a low end but useable unit, I have seen the odd DivX licenced unit (Plextor ConvertX PVR DivX)... Any thoughts ?! Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
