RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-08 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 12:55 AM 1/8/2006, AMDSpeed typed: Correct. I don't need film quality material. Likely going to input video using a firewire link from a MiniDV videocam. I guess I'll lean toward the P4 solution. I think I can pick up a P4 chip on ebay for around $100. I can actually use the Celeron in another

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread AMDSpeed
dware List Subject: RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build The bottom line is that he is just trying to make a simple instructional video, not a high def movie. Even VCD quality would be Ok for that purpose.

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Reeves
ctor, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:41 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Recomme

Re: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Greg Sevart
I guess you haven't looked at high end cards lately as my high def capture card [MyHD MDP-120] requires very little cpu usage since it does all the processing but it captures in streaming mpeg so one has to convert it to mpeg2 with a freeware app hdtvtompeg2.exe and the null packets should be

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 10:30 PM 1/7/2006, Winterlight typed: But in my mind there is still a long way to go with these cards and high end video capture products in general. I guess you haven't looked at high end cards lately as my high def capture card [MyHD MDP-120] requires very little cpu usage since it does

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Winterlight
At 07:00 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote: OK, but were you recording in .VCR (what it considers it's highest format) or DVD-Compliant MPG2? I was recording MPEG-2 Video 720X480 NTSC(525) 61.76 MB/Minute Audio 48,000KHZ 16 Bit, Stereo This works fine for me. I think you are making too big of a deal abou

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Reeves
http://mail.giantcompany.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 7:30 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build > > > > > >

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Reeves
CTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 7:06 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build > > Yeah, this won't work out so well. P4 solution will be better then the > Athlon XP solution, though

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Winterlight
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AMDSpeed > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:40 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: [H] Recommendation on computer build > > I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a bud

Re: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Greg Sevart
: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:40 PM Subject: [H] Recommendation on computer build I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a budget. She plans on recording interviews with patients using a miniDV camcorder and using the footage to make instructional DVDs and powerpoint present

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Reeves
D] On Behalf Of AMDSpeed > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:40 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: [H] Recommendation on computer build > > I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a budget. She > plans on recording interviews with patients

Re: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Winterlight
I think you will find that the P4 3 with HT will work best for this job as long as that board is stable. I have had this setup with a Intel board and it worked great for video editing. The 9600 AIW will do on the fly DVD but I don't think you need that kind of video quality so you may want to re

Re: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 06:40 PM 1/7/2006, AMDSpeed typed: I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a budget. She plans on recording interviews with patients using a miniDV camcorder and using the footage to make instructional DVDs and powerpoint presentations. Video processing & doing it on a bud

[H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread AMDSpeed
I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a budget. She plans on recording interviews with patients using a miniDV camcorder and using the footage to make instructional DVDs and powerpoint presentations. Now, I have an Asus A7N8X with a 2.2Ghz Athlon XP (3200+) on hand. I also hav