Mpeg 1 is fine as I am more concerned with smaller file sizes than amazing quality. I mean watching a 352x240 file on a TV should look pretty good anyway...right? This $199 machine is appealing because I know it runs Linux and it's pretty complete. I want to be able to make the whole thing for $300.
Michael
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 10:14 PM, daniel jircik wrote:
I have a C3 with an Avery Capture card (49.00 usd) and 64mb nvidia pci card (59.00usd). 80 gb hd 1 gig sdram The best I can do is 352x240 (mpeg1) resolution without dropping frames. I use Cinelerra for recording and NLE http://www.heroinewarrior.com and Linuxvideostudio for mpeg encoding. Encoding is s l o w as toast. My recomendation for basic functionality is P4 1.7ghz min. 1 gig ddr ram 120 gb hd Above mentioned cards. I just bought a P4 1.7 motherboard and cpu from Frys for 89.00 usd . I love planned obsolesance. Also look at TVtime. (search this forum for adress) Good Luck
Daniel
Alan Cox wrote:
1. Is this machine good enough to be a PVR? I'll add a bigger HD possibly.
It would depend a lot on the chipset. The C3 isnt that hot at FPU or MMX
and the cheap boards also tend to use SDRAM not DDR and onboard video.
That doesnt make a good video encoder
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