Re: Video Capture, Etc.

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

Get FireWire interfaces (the successor to SCSI for speed).
I would (personally) recommend an OS that specifically supports
DigitalVideo but others continue to object strenuously to this OS.



At  7:21 AM -0400  on  9/13/01,  Ron Curtin   wrote
> Please excuse the cross posting.  We have recently come into a considerable
> amount of money to configure a new physics lab with the computers and other
> hardware for Computer Interface experiments (Probably with the PASCO Data
> Studio Interfaces) and with Video Capture and Video Analysis capabilities.
> I wonder if anyone out there has suggestions for the type of computers we
> should buy, the kind of videocapture cards that have worked well for you,
> and any other hardware I should ask for.  Thanks for your help.
>
>
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> Ron Curtin
> Physics Instructor
> Charlotte Country Day School
> Charlotte, NC  28226
> (704) 943-4690 Ext. 6159

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