Is it possible to save a 'movie' to a USB memory stick?

novice1 wrote on 6/26/2009, 7:46 PM

I would like to figure out a way to play 'movies' on my NETbook without saving them to the hard drive.

Comments

applebeez wrote on 6/27/2009, 10:08 AM

yes, but when I did it, after I watched it on another computer, it was really choppy. but it may not be that way for you.

ralftaro wrote on 7/2/2009, 11:18 AM

Sure, why would you not be able to save a movie to a USB stick? Just make sure you compress it well enough to fit onto your stick. But since even Flash memory USB sticks can easily hold gigabytes of data these days, this shouldn't be a big deal.

The problem the other poster mentioned might be related to the data transfer performance of the USB stick or the port. Naturally, it needs to be able to keep up with the high data rates required to play back motion video in realtime. I don't see this being a problem most of the time either, but I suppose there are circumstances where date bottleneck situations could arise.