http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david_sayed/archive/2009/07/22/a-small-production-system-disk-performance.aspxUncompressed (or lightly compressed) video needs lots of disk space. More than that, if you’re capturing live video, that disk capacity needs to be fast. I’m using a Blackmagic Intensity Pro video capture card. It will capture 1080p uncompressed if youren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david_sayed/archive/2009/07/22/a-small-production-system-disk-performance.aspx#9966814Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:26:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9966814dsayed<p>I captured 1080p24 out of my MacBook Pro a couple of days ago. Though I was capturing via Cineform's HD capture utility so it was compressing to Cineform on the fly, which is my preferred way of working at this time.</p> <p>I have to say that having spent more time with the Intensity Pro, it seems to be incredibly finicky about what it will and won't take in terms of video. Of course, dealing with computer output is notoriously hard and there are so many variables.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9966814" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david_sayed/archive/2009/07/22/a-small-production-system-disk-performance.aspx#9966810Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:21:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9966810george2<p>You say of the Blackmagic Intesity Pro that &quot;It will capture 1080p uncompressed if your system can support that.&quot; &nbsp;Are you sure you are getting 1080p with Intensity Pro? &nbsp;The literature for the product does not say that it will support 1080p, and I've not managed to get it to (not that I spent much time trying, I must admit). &nbsp;If you're really capturing 1080p on an Intensity Pro, I'd love to know how you're doing it. &nbsp;Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9966810" width="1" height="1">