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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I use mencoder to rip a dvd and create divx (4
or 5), the encoding starts with a tempo of like 12 fps, depending on the
settings, but after about an hour, it has already slowed down to 1fps. When I
stop the process and start over, the encoding is still slow. Only after a reboot
it is back to it's normal tempo. I checked the memory usage, but most of it is
not used, and neither is the swap file. I thought it might be the dvd, but I
have tried 2 so far and both had the same problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is what I run on the command
line:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mencoder -dvd 1 -alang en -vop scale -zoom -xy512
-oac mp3lame -lameopts vol=8:br-128 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq -o
output.avi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used transcode to create divx5 movies, but the
same problem occurred. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>what could be wrong?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am running this all on a laptop with a Pentuim
III Coppermine processor, 1000 MHz, with 384 mb RAM, using Redhat 7.3, kernel
2.4.19</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wendy</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>