The internal drive is an IDE, which doesn't seem to struggle much at all with the recording process. I have 50GB SCSI drives that could work a little better, but I haven't tried that just yet. Storage isn't really an issue, even if I pull the data in at 640x480 uncompressed, I can still fit about 2 hours worth of video into the 40GB of available space.
The issue I face with this is a little problem with video/audio sync. The raw capture scratch files coming in from the VCR and edited in Final Cut Pro have no issues with the video and audio remaining in sync. If I try to save it down to a regular QuickTime file though, the resulting file comes in at over 2GB (although I can't get an exact figure as OS 9 can't tell me the full size) and the audio and video gradually get out of sync as the video plays through.
I'd like to have tried using Network Transfers, but I can't get any network card other than the onboard to work, which means i'm limited to 10BaseT speeds. Adding insult to injury, now the onboard networking doesn't seem to work either, along with the USB and FireWire cards. This thing has no I/O and I still can't figure out why.
The final option is to do all the cutting and compressing on the G3, as you said. The compression stage is what will kill it though, the hardware is nowhere near capable of crunching that much data down. Even the Core 2 takes 2 hours, i'd hate to see a 400mhz G4 chip trying that. Cinepak compression or something, perhaps, but i'd be wary of losing quality during compression of an already low quality video clip.
The issue I face with this is a little problem with video/audio sync. The raw capture scratch files coming in from the VCR and edited in Final Cut Pro have no issues with the video and audio remaining in sync. If I try to save it down to a regular QuickTime file though, the resulting file comes in at over 2GB (although I can't get an exact figure as OS 9 can't tell me the full size) and the audio and video gradually get out of sync as the video plays through.
I'd like to have tried using Network Transfers, but I can't get any network card other than the onboard to work, which means i'm limited to 10BaseT speeds. Adding insult to injury, now the onboard networking doesn't seem to work either, along with the USB and FireWire cards. This thing has no I/O and I still can't figure out why.
The final option is to do all the cutting and compressing on the G3, as you said. The compression stage is what will kill it though, the hardware is nowhere near capable of crunching that much data down. Even the Core 2 takes 2 hours, i'd hate to see a 400mhz G4 chip trying that. Cinepak compression or something, perhaps, but i'd be wary of losing quality during compression of an already low quality video clip.