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Graphics for Live Video Capture

Apr 10, 2005 3:07AM PDT

I plan to capture live video to a notebook hard drive.
Has anyone succesfully captured live video on a notebook with integrated graphics rather than dedicated video graphics card? If so, how much video memory was available?

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Yes.
Apr 10, 2005 3:19AM PDT

My Acer P3-600 MHz model ter-600 did this just fine with either an ethernet camera, USB 2.0 PC-Card and USB 2.0 camera as well as the Firewire PC-Card. The onboard video was a non-issue and I think it's about 4 megabytes of video RAM. You would be hard pressed to buy a lesser machine.

Why do you ask?

Bob

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Video Capture
Apr 10, 2005 3:28AM PDT

Bob,
I plan to use DV Rack by Serious Magic as a backup for tape during live shoots. Serious Magic "recommends" dedicated video memory. I am curious if shared memory is adequate because I will purchase a notebook soon and cost is a concern.

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Just sharing...
Apr 10, 2005 3:32AM PDT

One of the office's Athlon 64 laptop R3000 series has dedicate video ram and more and the units were 729 and 820 bucks each.

Are you considering a lesser machine than this?

I've run video capture on even less than my old ter-600 so I wonder if the spec is dated.

Bob