Robert Rolf wrote:
>> I ran into a serious problem when I tried using the "video on motion" 
>> option
>> in 1024x768 mode. Basically, the software would create segment the video
>> stream into about 4Mb chunks,
>
> MB or GB? There is a 4GB limit to AVI file size.

MB.

>> and most of them would be corrupt.
>
> Pamela (Skype recording software) has the same issue.

Apparently, it's not the same.

> Are you actually GETTING 1.3MP images from your source?

Yup. :)

> There is NO point in storing interpolated images since it costs you 4x
> the size, needlessly.
> Do the interpolation (up scaling) at DISPLAY time.
> (Same rule for scanners. Do NOT store 'interpolated' images.

Robert, you are dangerously close to insulting the intelligence of most 
people on this mailing list. ;-)

>> to be very stable. It even has a watchdog that can restart the main 
>> program
>> when it crashes, and even reboot the entire system once in a while.
>
> Except that the watchdog relies on the CPU to be running.
> If it halts, it's not going to do a reset.

How often do you see that happen (CPU halted)? Programs hang rather 
frequently, but I certainly can't remember the last time I've seen a CPU 
halt.

> Anyone seen a keyboard dongle watchdog? I'd like know if there
> is a commercial one, before I roll my own.

Sorry, can't help you here.

Vitaliy 

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