Re: [SLUG] Question about setting up hard drives for videoediting...

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 22:05:09 EST


On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Steve wrote:

> On Sunday 04 January 2004 12:13 pm, you wrote:
> > > One final tip when hooking up your DVDR or CDR be sure to have them on a
> > > seperate cable then your HD's even if it says burn proof you can still
> > > get buffer underruns.
> >
> > And don't do big stuff (like compile a kernel) during a burn.
>
> I've compiled a kernel and listen to a CD while burning another CD.

Listening to a CD requires no processor time to speak of if you've got an
audio cable from the player to the sound card.

> Of course I'm using a hardware burn proof capable drive : )

Test on a disc you can afford to screw up.

> My CD writer is a Plexwriter which does not use a lot of CPU when burning.
> I've never burned a DVD and have not idea how much resources is needed for a
> good burm.

DVD(+-)RW?

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