The RTJpeg uses signifcantly less CPU in my experience than mpeg4 at the cost of much greater file size at a given quality level. Experiment with it a bit. I've found that on my P4 1.6GHz playback of mpeg4 while recording can get a bit choppy (ie "live tv"). One thing of note, I'm still running .16 and it also sometimes crashes the frontend with this setup. RTJpeg uses less CPU, does not get choppy and does not crash (but blows through my disk alot faster...) Paul
On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 12:18 -0800, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 15:13 -0500, Thom Paine wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:00:53 -0800, Lonnie Borntreger > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What format is best for recording on a backend that has a bt878 card > > > (uses software encoding) and an older processor? Is RTJpeg less CPU > > > intensive than, say, MPEG4? Just trying to stretch some old hardware > > > without loosing too much quality. > > > > > I used a PVR-350 card. Works like a champ in a PIII 1GHz. > > Thanks, but I'm looking for a non-monetary solution, even if it results > in some of my shows getting recorded with lower quality. This is for a > secondary backend. I'm just trying to add parallel recording capability > to resolve some conflicts. The key requirement is "no money". If the > answer is, "can't do it", then I just stick with my one high quality > back end and deal with not being able to record multiple shows at once. > > Lonnie > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Paul Gratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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