recording video

[cadalano]

Does anyone know if its possible to use one computer to record video output from another? Ideally one computer will be able to run as normal while the other does all of the grinding.. minimal frames lost. Video capture cards seem to just support analog, S-Video, and the like.. which wont do the trick.. any ideas?

Probably not possible, just checking.

[Winnow]

Does anyone know if its possible to use one computer to record video output from another? Ideally one computer will be able to run as normal while the other does all of the grinding.. minimal frames lost. Video capture cards seem to just support analog, S-Video, and the like.. which wont do the trick.. any ideas?

Probably not possible, just checking.

The compression/encoding would have to take place on the primary recording computer...all you could do is offload where the data is stored. There's plenty of bandwidth using ethernet for that but probably not wireless yet...although the new DirecTV "Entertainment Hubs" are going to transfer HD signals wirelessly.

[Fash]

winnow misunderstood...

you have computer A, reading, decoding, and playing a video file at ??? resolution.. connected to computer B which is encoding and writing the output... with how being the point of discussion.

is SVideo not acceptable because of resolution?... a video card with svideo out and a tv tuner with svideo should work at some level.

http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/DVB ... T-PCI.html
this is a nice card here, has composite + svideo inputs...

need more details on the requirements of the project to know if it's possible.