On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 01:35, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > I post the following query from a professional television producers list I > > belong to - it speaks for itself: > > > > "why can't a mobile fire wire hard drive work as my storage unit for my video > > camera, you need to buy that expensive external hardrive backup @$1500 for > > 40/80 gigs. Isn't there someway of running a pre installed linux program on > > the mobile firewire and save my video automatically, I'm not looking for all > > the bells and whisles, maybe just independant folders every time I hit the > > record button. > > Any linux, software gurus, help out." > > > > Any takers? Ideas? > > FireWire ports that worked for me in FC3 do not work in FC4/FC5 > > IMHO FireWire is too unstable in the kernel to even consider using it > for professional television production. > > But :shrug: - maybe something out there using an earlier kernel works. > > Maybe Linux on a 40GB FireWire iPod :D Yes you might find one kernel that works but you'd have to test everything again after updates. A mac mini sounds about like what you want, but if need power/display on the go you'd be better off with an ibook - or the 12 inch powerbook which would come in at about that $1500 price point. The ipod idea does seem intriguing though, since it has it's own power and is tiny. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
