64bits does not use more memory and files are not bigger. Binaries are not really faster either, though sometimes on older AMD CPUs you get more register in 64bits. But on the whole, the main difference between 64bits and 32bits is that your system will support more RAM directly, which is nice. I prefer to Rip and transcode my DVD personaly, as I put my films on a server which some computers in my home connects to through wifi. DVD bitrate is in my experience a bit too high to be streamed properly in wifi, while MPEG4 files, which are 4 times slower at the same image quality, are. With today's quad-core systems, transcoding a DVD is a business that lasts about the same duration as the film, so it's no big deal. And it's also easier to move the files around, for instance to make backups.
Richard 2010/1/20, Carl Karsten <c...@personnelware.com>: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Henti Smith <he...@geekware.co.za> wrote: > > > >> Last year I moved a process from a P4 1.7ghz to a 2.0 amd 64 running > >> 64bit linux. it seemed slower and someone suggested: you are > >> reading/writing 2x as much data, but the app may only be using the > >> lower 1/2, so you are moving the same data and a bunch of 0's. if 50% > >> of what the app does is read/write data, expect it to be slower. > >> > >> My advice: don't buy hardware for this. if you own a few different > >> systems, do some tests. > >> > >> I would rip DVDs as you need them. Don't bother compressing them. by > >> the time you need disk space for the last 1/2 of your collection, the > >> cost of the disk space will be lower. > >> > >> > > > > I have to agree, > > > > storage is plenty and cheap, rip the video and audio and subtitles you > > want > > rip the whole thing. more than once I have had to dig up the disk and > re-rip because I picked the wrong audio track, or wanted to hear the > original actors voices instead of the translations. > > > and create MKV containers. > > > > It take 20 minutes to create a mkv file for a 2 hour movie. > > why not the native dvd format? dir full of .vob... > > -- > Carl K > >
