-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 19 April 2004 11:20 am, Christopher Ness wrote: > > Is that correct? > > Yes and no. Not _every_ capture card does enc/dec. The $50 ones most > definitely do not. :) > > The encoding and decoding is what needs the speed. Just make sure you > have DMA enabled for your hard disks for fast performance. > > If you buy a good encoder I don't see why you would have problems. I understand now, after some further research. I'm currently looking at a Hauppauge pvr 250 for $116 + $15 shipping and a Radeon 9200 for $41 + $13 shipping. These are *WAY* over my original budget. :-( Where did I put that old piggy bank? - -- Charles Howse Jackson, TN Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAg/6+/S+VsB9RMKgRAu+1AJ4kd8K/pWSUNgqWXq46Qb06SOV/fgCfYdDl JDhN+hXx7q1U1O0u+VUlMdY= =QR6b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----