#Portable pres. help!!!!
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Howdy folks,
I have a client who wants to have digitized video running interactively on a
notebook computer so that his outside sales guy can carry it all over. If
anyone could help me answer a couple of these questions, I would be indebted!
1) Are there any notebook computers out there capable of either
a} playing back full screen video (as part of a authored pres.)
b} accepting add-on hardware to facilitate full screen
playback
2) Is a pentium notebook with lots of ram fast enough to play back full
screen or near full screen video (avi's with audio) from either its internal
hard drive or built in CD-ROM drive?
3} Is the PAR with a TBCIV the best option for capturing existing video
into digital format (i.e. avi, etc.) for use in these types of presentations?
Will the TBCIV allow the audio to be captured at the same time, synced with the
video?
Any assistance or insight would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!
Best Regards,
Brandon
DesignTec
notebook
>> 2) Is a pentium notebook with lots of ram fast enough to play back full
screen or near full screen video (avi's with audio) from either its internal
hard drive or built in CD-ROM drive? <<see #1.
>> 3} Is the PAR with a TBCIV the best option for capturing existing video
into digital format (i.e. avi, etc.) for use in these types of presentations?
Will the TBCIV allow the audio to be captured at the same time, synched with
the video? << The PAR works great with Razor Pro using a custom palate rendered
to an AVI file with synchronization of audio and video.
-Mike
Brandon, It looks like the first part of my message to you has vanished, since
I referenced to Item #1 I figured I better complete it, so here it is.
>> 1) Are there any notebook computers out there capable of either
a} playing back full screen video (as part of a authored pres.)
b} accepting add-on hardware to facilitate full screen playback <<
If you want to use CD's on a notebook, the ones that are currently shipping
only use double speed CD's, so instead you will need a fast hard drive to play
your interactive video. The other option is to use an external SCSI Quad CD but
the notebook needs to support SCSI and then it is no longer
portable/self-contained because of the power needed to run the CD.
-Mike
Check out the August issue of PC Graphics and Video – there's a buyer's guide
to MM portables. Gives some good examples and advice on what to look for.