A rather dull Acer ter-600 which has a P3-600 MHz CPU, 256MB RAM but I did upgrade to a 5400 40G hard disk (79 bucks!) was able to capture from firewire with Virtual Dub without any undue issues or noticeable frame drops.
It also runs Windows 2000 SP4, tweaked with Black Viper's help (see google.com) and has zero spyware. The wifi is turned off and the ethernet is disabled so you don't get that 5 minute OS vapor lock issue. The preview screen is not maximised to to not press my luck.
Sorry, my Premiere version is far too old to try this one.
Bob
Hi,
I tried to capture sony camcorder video to a sony notebook at the best quality with adobe premiere and got lots of frame losses. I guess it's because the hard drive on my notebook is too slow (4200 RPM?). Someone told me you have to use a 7200 RPM hard drive to avoid such problem. Is that true? I mean, most notebooks these days have either 4200 RPM or at best 5400 RPM hard drives. Does that mean we can only capture video to desktops not laptops?
Did anybody successfully capture good quality video (720x480) to any notebook?
Thanks.

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