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incredible

04-06-2004 09:38 AM

Linux MandrakeMove

Just to see how it works and to try out I want to run Linux from a CD.

I found MandrakeMove as it also should be able to run from CD and they do say it gots the best hardware support .....

My intentions:

- Editing video
- encoding video (ffmpeg,mencoder) :wink:
- Onlinestuff
- capturing

Would capturing using a Philips/zoran Chip Based Card of the Miro DCseries also be possible ... or even using my new philips 7134 based card?

My PC is running under Win2000 and gots 2 HDs, ... both got 2 partitions.
So ... is it also possible to "install" a complete Linux to one Partition of my 2nd internal HD ... so I can choose at startup which to boot ... Linux or Windows2000 ??

Thanks !
Inc.

kwag	04-06-2004 10:55 AM

Re: Linux MandrakeMove

Quote:

Originally Posted by incredible

Just to see how it works and to try out I want to run Linux from a CD.

I found MandrakeMove as it also should be able to run from CD and they do say it gots the best hardware support .....

My suggestion: Download Knoppix :!:

Quote:

My intentions:

- Editing video
- encoding video (ffmpeg,mencoder) :wink:
- Onlinestuff
- capturing

Would capturing using a Philips/zoran Chip Based Card of the Miro DCseries also be possible ... or even using my new philips 7134 based card?

Yes, but I suggest that for best captures, get a WinTV PVR 250, so you can capture real-time MPEG-2 at up to 12,000Kbps.
Then transcode to anything else ;)

Quote:

My PC is running under Win2000 and gots 2 HDs, ... both got 2 partitions.
So ... is it also possible to "install" a complete Linux to one Partition of my 2nd internal HD ... so I can choose at startup which to boot ... Linux or Windows2000 ??

Yep.
Knoppix will install a dual boot loader for you.

-kwag

incredible

04-06-2004 11:14 AM

Re: Linux MandrakeMove

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwag

I suggest that for best captures, get a WinTV PVR 250, so you can capture real-time MPEG-2 at up to 12,000Kbps.
Then transcode to anything else ;)

a) money money money ... Im not in a rich man world :wink:

b) I just rembered that I maybe hered about Zoran/Philips Chip support under Linux ... as that chip (DC10/DC30) really is the best one I have seen till now 8O ... So I would like to put the DC30 in the Linux machine (if its really supportet) and the 7134 Chip based card in my actual Win PC :)

EDIT:
Just got some time for goooogling! and Boooom:

http://www.programfiles.com/Default.asp?LinkId=10167

http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e8125426/dc30/

http://www.cicese.mx/~mirsev/Linux/DC10plus/

http://www.net4you.net/users/scherr/dc10/

Wow ... Google is my best friend 8)