[mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..

[Todd Tidwell]

The resolution of the video depends on the provider, I think.  For me, in
the SF Bay Area using Comcast, I'm getting 1940x1400 (1080i or what is
that?) which comes to between 6.3 and 7.3 Gb per hour.  My hope is that
sometime soon the transcoding options will allow resize for sizes greater
than 720x480 so that I can transcode this to 720p.

-Todd

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Big Wave Dave
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:44 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..

> > Are there any recommendationso n FireWire PCI cards?  I've been
> > looking at all the usual places, just wanted to avoid any problematic
> > ones.
> 
> Heh, NOT the on-board crap on one of my Asus boards, it didn't work worth
a
> damn... However, I've had good success with the FireWire port on a
> SoundBlaster Audigy, as well as the card in my master backend right now,
> which is a Western Digital branded card, NEC OrangeLink chipset.
> 
So, it looks like I'll go with the following setup...

Intel 3Ghz w/ HT
512MB DDR RAM
300GB UDMA/100 Drive
NVidia MX4000 (using SVIDEO out)
FireWire Host Adapter

It seems like this will be sufficient from what everyone has been saying.
How fast does HD use up disk space?  

Does the "raw" firewire dump provide 1080i or 720p?  I don't need
1080i... I don't even need 720p... but I'm guessing  the 720p will
require less space.

Thanks,
Dave

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