Re: [Thinkpad] T30 & Making Movies

--- "R. Herbert Ringis" <rringis@csudh.edu> wrote:
> [Thinkpad] T30 & Making MoviesMike, I don't have a
> T30, only a TP600X. My arrangement was put together
> to give my maximum flexibility. I bought a Belkin
> USB 2.0 PCMCIA card ($13.00 at a swap meet)

Ok. I'll let the company buy me one...

http://www.usbstuff.com/pcmcia.html

Would you check the url and see if this is the same
item you are referring to? (99 vs $13, quite a deal
you got!)

> and an
> external USB 2.0 case that will take a desktop hard
> drive,

I see one here for $59...
http://www.meritline.com/usb20dealex5.html

> a 5.25 CD-ROM drive,

> or a 5.25 internal DVD burner. ...
> I also bought an internal Pioneer 8X DVD
> burner that fits into the external housing and then
> plugs into the Belkin USB 2.0 card (desktop internal
> burners are much cheaper than those made just for a
> laptop).

Like this Plextor?

http://www.str8buy.com/soncddriv8xf.html

A thought: couldn't I buy the IBM DVDR burner that
fits into the Ultrabay and burn my finished (edited)
movies there?

http://www.nextag.com/IBM_DVD_R_DVD~57055560z0znzzz1zzinternal_dvd_burnerzmainz2-htm

> The external housing will also work with
> the older 1.1 USB, just not as fast. I decided on
> this arrangement to not have to buy an expensive
> made for just the laptop burner.

Your options do compute to a cheaper avenue.

> Also, I can plug
> the burner into any other laptop that has either USB
> 1.1 or 2.0, or into any PCMCIA slot, whether or not
> it is an IBM, or into my desktop, or my wife's
> TP600.

I LIKE this option whereas the IBM DVDR burner is more
expensive and would only work in the UltaBay option...

> The downside is the size and all the extra
> wires for an external hookup, but the whole package
> was considerably less than what an IBM ThinkPad
> burner costs.

If I'm able to burn DVDs using your method then
additional cables/wires would be worth it. If, OTOH,
the quality and ease of use via the IBM UB burner then
the additional money (paid for by the company) is not
a concern.

> FWIW.

Excellent advice and worth every word.

I need some additional info tho... such as, can I
connect the CamCorder directly to the ThinkPad thru
the PCMCIA USB 2.0 card and import (capture) the
footage to an 60 or 80-Gig [Ultra Bay] hard drive,
edit that footage using (say Ulead's MovieMaker 3 for
WinXP) creating a full 1.30min MPeg video?

BTW, What movie making software are you using?

Mike

=====
Mike

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Received on Fri Feb 6 19:19:46 2004