Re: [newbie] Transcode

[John Richard Smith]

Tom Brinkman wrote:

   You're in the directory the binary is in. You need to run
'./mprime -m'    And run it as user, not root. The first time 
it'll ask you if you want to connect to the mprime server, say n, it won't ask again, and the menu will be displayed, choose 17.
 

OK, I got mprime to run in root OK, in the end, just had to make some 
adjustment.

Something interesting.
mencoder crashes my whole system if I have the bios set to FSB=133 it's 
maximum, and the standard setting in W2K which works so well with 
Gordian knot (a windblows equivelant to mencoder). So lets see how the 
cpu stand up in linux,
First FSB=100
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop/mprime
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime]# ls
license.txt  mprime*            readme.txt  undoc.txt
local.ini    mprime2212.tar.gz  stress.txt  whatsnew.txt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime]# mprime -m
<snip>
Your choice: 17

Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Please read stress.txt.  Hit ^C to end this test.
Test 1, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 2, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922943 using 1024K FFT length.
temp1:  +33°C  (limit =  +60°C)                     sensor = thermistor
Test 3, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M18874369 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 4, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M18874367 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 5, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825793 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 6, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825791 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 7, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432577 using 1024K FFT length.
<snip>
Test 689, 1000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M186369 using 10K FFT length.
Test 690, 1000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M188415 using 10K FFT length.
Test 691, 1000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M164865 using 10K FFT length.
Test 692, 1000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M172031 using 10K FFT length.
Test 693, 1000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M180225 using 10K FFT length.
Self-test 10K passed!
Test 1, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825793 using 896K FFT length.
Test 2, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825791 using 896K FFT length.
Test 3, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432577 using 896K FFT length.
Test 4, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432575 using 896K FFT length.
Test 5, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16515073 using 896K FFT length.
Test 6, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16515071 using 896K FFT length.
Test 7, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M15597569 using 896K FFT length.
Test 8, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M15597567 using 896K FFT length.
Test 9, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942209 using 896K FFT length.
Test 10, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942207 using 896K FFT length.
Test 11, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155777 using 896K FFT length.
Test 12, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155775 using 896K FFT length.
Test 13, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M13369345 using 896K FFT length.
Test 14, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M13369343 using 896K FFT length.
Self-test 896K passed!
Test 1, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825793 using 896K FFT length.
Test 2, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17825791 using 896K FFT length.
Test 3, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432577 using 896K FFT length.
Test 4, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432575 using 896K FFT length.
Test 5, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16515073 using 896K FFT length.
temp1:  +34°C  (limit =  +60°C)                    sensor = thermistor
mprime has been running over an hour, decided to end it there for the 
moment,
Anyway no apparent problems there. So now for bios reset,
FSB=133
=======
Your choice: 17

Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Please read stress.txt.  Hit ^C to end this test.
Test 1, 400 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
==================Total Lockup======================
The entire system locks up tight, no keyboard,no mouse, nothing,
only left to crash our and reboot with fsck's to partitions and everything.
Now one might be thinking that this indicates that there is a faulty 
CPU(Athlon 1800)
but for the fact that W2k and Gordian knot can run my FSB-133 setting 
and complete the encoding in less time than mencoder and without any 
stress to the cpu.This does not tend indicate a faulty cpu to my mind.

I suspect the linux kernel is not particularly good at running cpu's 
like mine at it's maximum capacity. Others may disagree, but that is the 
feeling I have had for some time now. I noticed that there is a 
windblows version of mprime, it might be interesting if I downloaded it 
and installed in W2K and run the test again from there. But for now food 
for thought.

John

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John Richard Smith
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