> > 1. You mention that in your opinion, my 800Mhz machine may be marginal > as far as speed is concerned. I know Macs have been using 400 to 600 Mhz > processor speeds and capturing video without problems for years. I have Its a case of algorithms and quality (also a PPC at the same clock seems to do more work than an x86). MJPEG and similar encodings are cheap, DV cam is already encoded by the camera. MPEG is a lot more work
