Thanks - I'll do that right away! Joe On Wednesday 06 February 2002 11:37 am, you wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 17:49, joe briggs wrote: > > I am currently programming my v4l bt848 interface to give me yuv420p > > data, then using ffmpeg's mpeg-1 encoder to encode each frame as they are > > captured. The frame rate can vary from 1 to 30 fps (established > > initially). Is mpeg2enc suitable for this? > > I'm not an MPEG expert, but mpeg2enc takes quality before speed, I'm > affraid it's hard to run in realtime (unless you use I-frame only MPEG > and drop the motion compensation, but again - I'm not an expert), I get > around 4-8 fps on a P-II 400 depending on the options and quality used. > You should ask on the mjpeg-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx mailinglist, that's where > the experts reside. > > Ronald