I am wondering why the older box
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz (just external usb)
is faster than the newer:
AMD Turion(tm) 64, 2 gig ram, i386 kernel (local sata drive, then external usb)
below are my 'benchmarks' and cpu info.
Carl K
local sata drive:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/temp/pycon$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 104
model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2000.256
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm
3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch
ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
bogomips : 4004.46
clflush size : 64
processor : 1
(same)
++ transcode -Q 0 -i '/media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv' -x dv,null
-o img/x -y im -F png -c
0-1,900-901,1800-1801,2700-2701,3600-3601,4500-4501,5400-5401,6300-6301,7200-7201,8100-8101,9000-9001,9900-9901,10800-10801,11700-11701,12600-12601,13500-13501,14400-14401,15300-15301,16200-16201,17100-17101
transcode v1.2.0-cvs (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2007 Transcode Team
[transcode] V: auto-probing | /media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv
(OK)
[transcode] V: import format | DigitalVideo in NTSC (module=dv)
[transcode] A: auto-probing | /media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv
(OK)
[transcode] A: import format | PCM in NTSC (module=null)
[transcode] V: AV demux/sync | (1) sync AV at initial MPEG sequence
[transcode] V: import frame | 720x480 1.50:1 encoded @ 4:3
[transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.174
[transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] V: video format | YUV420 (4:2:0) aka I420
[transcode] A: import format | 0x1 PCM [48000,16,2] 1536 kbps
[transcode] A: export format | 0x55 MPEG ES Layer 3 [48000,16,2] 128 kbps
[transcode] V: export format | unknown (module dependant)
[transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] A: bytes per frame | 6408 (6406.400000)
[transcode] A: adjustment | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse3 sse2 sse 3dnowext 3dnow mmxext mmx cmove
asm
[transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 720x480 [0x2]
[transcode] A: audio buffer | 10 @ 48000x2x16
[import_null.so] v0.2.0 (2002-01-19) (video) null | (audio) null
[import_dv.so] v0.3.1 (2003-10-14) (video) DV | (audio) PCM
[export_im.so] v0.0.4 (2003-11-13) (video) *
[import_dv.so] tcextract -x dv -i "/media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15
11;07;38.dv" -d 0 | tcdecode -x dv -y yuv420p -d 0 -Q 5
skipping frames [0-17099], 76.55 fps, CFT: 0:09:30, ( 9| 0|11)
[transcode] encoded 20 frames (0 dropped, 0 cloned), clip length 0.67 s
real 3m59.267s
user 3m34.797s
sys 0m26.922s
++ transcode -Q 0 -i 'clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv' -x dv,null -o img/x -y im -F
png -c
0-1,900-901,1800-1801,2700-2701,3600-3601,4500-4501,5400-5401,6300-6301,7200-7201,8100-8101,9000-9001,9900-9901,10800-10801,11700-11701,12600-12601,13500-13501,14400-14401,15300-15301,16200-16201,17100-17101
transcode v1.2.0-cvs (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2007 Transcode Team
...
[import_dv.so] tcextract -x dv -i "clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv" -d 0 | tcdecode
-x dv -y yuv420p -d 0 -Q 5
skipping frames [0-17099], 75.73 fps, CFT: 0:09:30, ( 9| 0|11)
[transcode] encoded 20 frames (0 dropped, 0 cloned), clip length 0.67 s
real 4m2.037s
user 3m35.557s
sys 0m25.478s
++ transcode -Q 0 -i '/media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv' -x dv,null
-o img/x -y im -F png -c
0-1,900-901,1800-1801,2700-2701,3600-3601,4500-4501,5400-5401,6300-6301,7200-7201,8100-8101,9000-9001,9900-9901,10800-10801,11700-11701,12600-12601,13500-13501,14400-14401,15300-15301,16200-16201,17100-17101
transcode v1.0.5 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg,
2004-2008 Transcode Team
[transcode] (probe) suggested AV correction -D 0 (0 ms) | AV 0 ms | 0 ms
[transcode] auto-probing source /media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15 11;07;38.dv
(ok)
[transcode] V: import format | Digital Video (V=dv|A=null)
[transcode] V: import frame | 720x480 1.50:1 encoded @ 4:3
[transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.174
[transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] V: Y'CbCr | YV12/I420
[transcode] A: import format | 0x1 PCM [48000,16,2] 1536 kbps
[transcode] A: export format | 0x55 MPEG layer-3 [48000,16,2] 128 kbps
[transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] A: bytes per frame | 6408 (6406.400000)
[transcode] A: adjustment | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse2 (sse2 sse mmxext mmx asm C)
[transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | using sse memcpy
[transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 720x480
[import_null.so] v0.2.0 (2002-01-19) (video) null | (audio) null
[import_dv.so] v0.3.1 (2003-10-14) (video) DV | (audio) PCM
[export_im.so] v0.0.4 (2003-11-13) (video) *
[import_dv.so] tcextract -x dv -i "/media/Ballroom 4P/clip-2008-03-15
11;07;38.dv" -d 0 | tcdecode -x dv -y yv12 -d 0 -Q 5
skipping frames [000001-000899], 67.64 fps, EMT: 0:00:29, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [000901-001799], 67.85 fps, EMT: 0:01:00, ( 0| 0| 0)
skipping frames [001801-002699], 67.65 fps, EMT: 0:01:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [002701-003599], 67.65 fps, EMT: 0:02:00, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [003601-004499], 67.04 fps, EMT: 0:02:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [004501-005399], 67.86 fps, EMT: 0:03:00, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [005401-006299], 67.86 fps, EMT: 0:03:30, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [006301-007199], 67.65 fps, EMT: 0:04:00, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [007201-008099], 67.45 fps, EMT: 0:04:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [008101-008999], 68.27 fps, EMT: 0:05:00, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [009001-009899], 68.06 fps, EMT: 0:05:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [009901-010799], 67.86 fps, EMT: 0:06:00, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [010801-011699], 68.06 fps, EMT: 0:06:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [011701-012599], 67.85 fps, EMT: 0:07:00, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [012601-013499], 68.06 fps, EMT: 0:07:30, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [013501-014399], 68.48 fps, EMT: 0:08:00, ( 0| 0| 1)
skipping frames [014401-015299], 68.06 fps, EMT: 0:08:30, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [015301-016199], 68.07 fps, EMT: 0:09:00, ( 0| 0| 2)
skipping frames [016201-017099], 68.07 fps, EMT: 0:09:30, ( 0| 0| 0)
clean up | frame threads | unload modules | cancel signal | internal threads |
done
[transcode] encoded 20 frames (0 dropped, 0 cloned), clip length 0.67 s
real 4m18.462s
user 3m55.187s
sys 0m20.565s
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/temp/pycon$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 798.000
cache size : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe up est tm2
bogomips : 1597.78
clflush size : 64