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
Here's another solution (and think about this) The ATI AIW is still a software-encoding system. So, it takes high CPU. I had this card on my dual 3.06 Xeon for a year, and it only pulled 12 percent CPU when recording at it's highest level. I eventually moved thtat 9600 AIW over to a P4

Re: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Greg Sevart
The IS7-V (Intel 848P chipset) would, IMO, be a better choice than the A7N8X (NF2). There would, of course, be the extra expense of buying a new chip... - Original Message - From: "AMDSpeed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:40 PM Subjec

RE: [H] Recommendation on computer build

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Reeves
Yeah, this won't work out so well. P4 solution will be better then the Athlon XP solution, though it would cost you more (since the other route you have the board + processor). Here's another solution (and think about this) The ATI AIW is still a software-encoding system. So, it takes high CPU.

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