On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> > Well - I use mpeg1,
>
> What tool are you using for your mpeg1?
mp1e. Keep meaning to properly check out FFMPEGrec too. For me ffmpeg is
completely hopeless for avsync.
>
> > but you must have good input video quality and have to
> > accept that you need an adequate bit rate.
>
> What bitrate and resolution do you normally mpeg1 with? I was using
> mp1e 320x240@1800kb/s and was fairly satisfied with that for casual
> watching.
I "normally" use 2500kb/s. But my resolution is a bit higher than you
(I'm in PAL-land).
>
> > If I'm keeping stuff I recompress into Divx4
>
> I have been considering this sort of process. Record real-time with
> an mpeg1 tool (mp1e would be nice if the A/V stayed in sync) and
> convert it to Divx4 in batch mode with a niced down CPU.
>
> > - mencoder (part of
> > mplayer) is working well for me.
>
> I will try that. I have been playing with trying to record real-time
> with it but it's "record from tv" command line a bit futched.
I haven't really tried that.
>
> > Shrinks my files to 1/3rd original size,
> > but Divx compression is much much CPU heavier than mpeg1.
>
> Indeed! Too much for "time shifting" on an AMD Athlon-800.
I want to be able to real-time capture two streams (I've 2 wintv cards),
plus playback one. mpeg1
Steve
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