On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Claus Endres wrote: > This is with Fedora Core 5 i386, which has problems with the nvidia > driver and has to use the X.org nv one. Under FC5 x86_64, the nvidia > driver works, and improves performance by about 5% per decode stream.
Out of interest what's the problem you have with the nvidia driver? > H.264 has prohibitively high compute requirements, which prevent it > from being used at frame rates above around 5 fps (40 % CPU per > encoder). We use it for personal nodes at low bandwidth for > document cameras at 1 fps, and it works brilliantly for that. > Decode CPU requirements are about the same as for MPEG4. I couldn't believe the cost of encoding H264. Pretty high indeed. > HDTV is not worth it as you cannot find a projector bright enough > for video conferencing in a non-darkened room for under around > $AU 400,000. Surely something that plays 720p60 is cheap is chips though, you don't need to go all the way up to 1080p. jh -- "Nostaligia's not what it used to be." -- Anon.
