> Another question: Is it possible that if I used mencoder to do the > capture, > that it might be a better solution? I don't know if maybe the issue might > have to do with simply writing the huge files that's causing the problem. > > The machine is certainly capable (assuming the capture card isn't using > 40% > of the CPU) of performing a first pass mpeg-4 encoding on the input which > would take up a lot less space. >
Nevermind about this part. On reflection, if I do the first pass against the incoming video, then I have no data to do the second pass with. So much for forethought. Pete ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list ivtv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
