Re: [TCLUG:15802] The SGI's + IRIX or Linux = Presenation (And Indycams)

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

>Anyone else interested in an Indycam or two? I might have a source to pick
>up 10-15 of them cheap..

according to http://www.futuretech.vuurwerk.nl/indyinfo.html (thanks to
whoever posted that link!) the R4600/133 is too slow for video capture.

<quote>
An R4600PC/133 Indy which does not have the CosmoCompress option cannot
reliably capture half-size (320x240) video
from the IndyCam, or from the video inputs, at 15fps. The R4600PC/133 is too
slow, ie. the processing required is beyond its
capabilities. Thus, if you want an Indy for Internet-quality video work,
don't get an R4600PC/133 model (I suspect an
R4600SC/133 model might be ok, though I've not tested one yet).
</quote>

tho he does go on to say that you *can* capture direct to memory ( < 7
seconds worth, if you have 256MB RAM); or if you have a fast RAID array.

but if you're just going to throw it over the Net anyway; you probably won't
be doing vid capture at that rate anyway. :)

Carl Soderstrom
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