On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:42:22PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 01:29:55PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Thomas H. George wrote: > > >On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 11:05:57AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >>Thomas H. George wrote: > > >>>Until now my Athlon XP 1800+ has been adequate for everything I do. Now > > >>>I want to capture digital video from my video camera and burn it on CD's > > >>>or DVD's. > > >>> > > >>>I tried reading the debian-user archives by subject but they are so > > >>>extensive it is slow going. Perhaps there is a better way to search > > >>>them? > > >>> > > >>>My object is not to be absolutely cutting edge but rather to make a > > >>>sound upgrade for a Debian Etch system. > > >>> > > >>>Tom > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Better CPU but for what motherboard? > > >>You are referring to hardware? > > >> > > >>Hugo > > >> > > >My current motherboard is an Albatron KX400-8XV. Of course I would > > >replace it as well if need be. > > > > > >For the record, the rest of the system is > > > Memory: 256 M > > > Harddrive: 70 G > > > Video Card: Radeon 9200 SE > > > DVD: Sony DVD RW DRU-510A > > > Sound: Creative Labs SB Live! > > >> Wacom Tablet with Mouse > > > Generic Keyboard > > > > > >I might look for a bargin package deal - bare bones or complete desktop > > >- but there's more space than I need on the hard drive, the DVD and the > > > sound card are fine, and I love the Wacom Tablet. Memory is cheap > > > these days. Perhaps an upscale video card might be worth > > > considering but perhaps not. After all my objective is just to > > > capture the digital video stream and burn it to a CD or DVD. > > > > > >Tom > > > > If that is all you are after I would do what Roberto suggested: buy more > > memory. You have only 256MB but the board supports 3GB, so buy a 1GB > > card and put that in and see if it makes a difference. > > > > In addition, I would suggest trying to do as much in _hardware_ as > possible, e.g. video capture card that does the conversion itself rather > than relying on your CPU. For watching the DVD, ditto the graphics > card. > > In effect, CPU power is that last thing to consider changing, after > ensuring enough memory that you don't need to swap (although you should > have a swap partition), and watching IO bandwidth, and doing everything > you can in hardware. > > Doug. > Right. This makes sense and I'll go for both memory and a video capture card.
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