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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:15:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: Rob Schofield <schofiel@xs4all.nl>
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you need the system Justin is working on
(the reason for CAM)

I think they are digitizing the hollywood archives or something :-)

julian


On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Rob Schofield wrote:

> .. needed for this.
> 
> What would you recommend for a setup to:
> 
> - digitise all my home videos
> - store digitally long term (cheaply, probably compressed)
> - play back to a TV (of course)
> - index all the stored movies?
> 
> I would be basing this around a FreeBSD system, but relatively low
> cost/low power if possible (say a recent 2nd hand Pentium 166?), and
> would be prepared to invest in hot peripherals for the digitisation,
> storage and playback. It shouldn't need a keyboard monitor or mouse, but
> should be accessable via Ethernet for control purposes. It also needs to
> be connectable to a HiFi/Sound/Vision centre, probably through SCART.
> 
> => In other words, the ultimate digital VCR.....
> 
> So what would *you* do?
> 
> Rob Schofield
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