[Mplayer-dvb] Hardware requirement for divx

[Arpi]

Hi,

> I have now a P3 at 450, two DVB-s card and a Matrox G400. I would like to
> reccord in divx mode, so I plan to change some of my hardware...
> 
> Do I have to change MB/CPU to a more powerfull one or could I just buy a
yes

> new video card which has divx capabilities (I think I hear the new ATI
> has such feature).
even if it has such feature, i really doubt it's supported under linux too

> The best would be to not loose too much quality in the process...
to get best quality - you should od 2-pass encoding, but it is not a
realtime process

> Could someone give me some advice on it?

try dvbstream + mencoder, i was able to encode at 720x288x25fps with xvid
at max quality (q=5) on p4 1.8ghz, ~80% cpu usage. libavcodec is about 2 
times faster now, so you should use that. don't forget to add -cache
option to mencoder, when using with dvbstream.

you need a really fast cpu for full size 720x576 divx encoding...


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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