Of course it depends upon overall format, "quality" and "experience" desired, but you can capture on just about anything. A wall street will capture, and it will do so on any of its internal drives. You can capture via PCMCIA USB or FireWire, via 8 pin serial, via SCSI...whatever. As for using Final Cut Pro, You can easily use V.1, probably V.2, Premiere, Movie Works, etc. etc.
Be skeptical all you want, but even a 3400c can capture and edit video...heck I do low quality, small frame web stream work on a 1400c via the rare CardCam pc card and 8 pin Serial. To discuss all these variables as if FCP4 and Consumer DV were the bars to judge by is ludicrous, IMHO. None of these are uncompressed highest professional quality, but with the AJA Io Firewire box, it is possible for even a Pismo or Lombard to approach the goal, and here is where you are sort of on, for the capacity still requires access to a spray of extremely high speed arrays. In my opinion, the trick is to figure out what you *can* do with any given machine/software combo and design your work around the aesthetic of the medium. That you we can enjoy the capability of any equipment. on 12/17/03 12:44 AM, Mikael Bystr�m at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Excuse me for being a sceptic, but even if the CPU is 500 mhz in this > case, if there are no FireWire drives used, isn't the chance high that > the internal drive is too slow to do quality capture, even with a good > card? I mean, it has to keep up. Or aren't we implicating DV format video > here? If so, what format and objectives are there? > If you have replaced the drive with a newer, like a Fujitsu, that can > deliver somewhat higher data streams even at 4200 rpms, then it will > probably hold up for iMovie DV stuff. I wouldn't count on FCP working > very well, at least not in its later incarnations. However, as I > understand it video should be on its own disk, which is one reason for > adding FW ports. SCSI is too slow on the powerbooks as far as I know. > > If I'd be doing video on a 500 mhz G3, I'd do it like what I described > above and add FW ports witha PCMCIA card, FW external discs and put video > on there. > > If you have other experiences with video on wallstreets I'd be most > interested to hear as I have a PDQ, or wallstreet II, myself. > > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
