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<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Rich,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of you postings
led me to believe you might know the fastest way to go straight from a firewire
connected camera playing back Digital8 video to DIVX using
mencoder.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would that be a
practical way to archive and share the recordings?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am planning to use
Knoppix (Debian 3.0) as the baseline OS with a firewire
card.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666005213-18072003> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>Eric</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<TD><A href="http://www.ericstephens.com/">Eric R. Stephens,
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