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
