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    Video capture/editing ok with 4200 rpm drive?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by webzo2000, Dec 18, 2004.

  1. webzo2000

    webzo2000 Newbie

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    I am planning to buy a Compaq R3000z that comes with a 4200 rpm hard drive. Has anyone tried video capture/editing using such a slow drive?

    Thanks for your responses.

    webzo
     
    webzo2000, Dec 18, 2004
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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Video capture may work fine, but it really comes down to the bitrate you'd be capturing at. If you capture small video clips with a small bitrate, then it should be ok. If you plan on cpaturing video at 640x480 or higher using the Mpeg2 format and at DVD bitrates (I think it's 8MBits/s possibly more), this will need a fast hard drive to keep up with the data flow. This is where you'd definitely need a 7200rpm HDD.

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    alekkh Notebook Evangelist

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by webzo2000
     
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    alekkh, Dec 18, 2004
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