2008/3/25, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > multiple processes are not the same as multiple threads.
They have a similar purpose. If you want multiple process, pipe your output into another instance of ffmpeg or another commandline encoder like xvid_encraw, x264, lame, etc. > right, but I can't build an outside module. it has to be built into > ffmpeg. What's so bad about this? > ffmpeg cannot read from DVD devices, which was the main goal of > transcode when it started. Why would you want to do that? DVD drives are slow. Don't you rip your DVD with vobcopy or mplayer -dumpstream to your hard disc first? > despite ffmpeg being able to read from pipes: > > $ tccat -i /dev/dvd | ffmpeg -i - > > really doesn't work very well in my experience. If you are certain your code is correct, send a bug report to http://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/