[linux-dvb] Re: USB HD enough to record movies?

[Reinhard Katzmann <suamor@gmx.net>]

Hi!

>  > I am on the point on bying another HD, does USB have enough "speed" to=
> 
>  > reccord without problem?
> 
> USBs maximum speed is 11MBit/s. That's not much, if you consider
> overhead and the fact that you won't write at an even pace.
> I would get a firewire card (about 50 Euro) and a firewire case (100

> fine for recording. You have to have the right drivers though, the
> ieee1394 is still beta and once in a while you will get a version that
> doesn't work :(.
>

A word of warning: I have a ALI 1394 based firewire card and this
one crashes with a current kernel (ohci). Maybe it's just my system,
but I would avoid bying a card with such a chipset (I know only of
one: PowerMagic).

Regards,

Reinhard
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