Processing power comes in when you're actually encoding the ripped files to whatever format you wish. The faster your processor, the faster the encoding will be. But even a slow processor here will get the job done fine - it will just take longer. The resulting compressed files should be identical *whatever* your processor speed.
Your 500 should be fine. (Mine's an old Intel 450 - shhhhh.....don't tell anyone).
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I found this old thread when searching, but I couldn't reply to it. Is this still accurate information on processor speed? I have a P3 550 that I want to do some encoding on. Will using a slow processor to encode cause loss of quality or just take longer? What about editing with Ulead Video Studio. The system requirements say 800 Mhz. I was able to "capture" through Firewire to my PC without losing any frames using this setup.
BTW, isn't Firewire a file transfer, not a capture? Therefore no frames should be lost and there should be no loss in quality?
I plan to get a new computer in the first part of next year, but would like to get started on a couple of projects now if I could.
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I hear/read that people "captured" via Firewire. My question is, is transferring via Firewire really a capture or is it a transfer? If it's really a transfer, that would make sense that there would be no loss in quality. Capturing brings in the potential for quality loss, but simply moving data from one place to another doesn't. Do I understand this correctly?
Yeppers. FireWire is just a type of data cable so when you see/hear that someone cptured something via FireWire it simply means that's the type of cable their equipment uses :)
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For those interested, I've been able to transfer via Firewire 20 GB worth of video with NO dropped frames. I disconnect my internet connection and close all unnecessary programs. Hopefully by the weekend, I'll try some simple editing...cropping beginning & end, changing the brightness, and adding some titles and transitions between clips.
Thanks for your reply, K-Dawg. I'll see what happens.
