* Andrew Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-04 21:31]: > mindfuq at fairfieldi.com wrote > > > I am going to make a webpage documenting this > install > > as it was a lot of fun. > > I think it's important to note that your capture card > has an MPEG-2 > chip. So are you using it to capture your content, or > are you using > your CPU to crunch video into MPEG-4? I'm guessing > the ladder, > because I would expect you to be capable of capturing > at a higher > resolution if you used your hardware encoder. > > > > > > Hi, > I am using just a plain frame grabber bttv bt878 card. > Transcoding to MPEG4 has been almost silly its so > slow. It started a transcode of a 30 minute show and > 24 hours later it was STILL working on it. > > I think adding an MPEG2 encoder would definitely > increase performance as would an NVidia card but then > it wouldn't be practically free anymore. A decent > PVR-250 on special dealnews is $100 and an NVidia card > is $40. A PVR-350 is an easy $150. Add any of those > to practically ANY computer and you'd get decent > performance.
Your article stated that you are using a ATI TV Wonder VE PCI tuner, which has an mpeg2 chip onboard, if I understood the specs correctly. Unless I'm missing something, you have an MPEG2 encoder already.
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