From: "LiFe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: encoding machines
Depends on your OS.
Unix's have very very good multi CPU capabilities.
Linux has some support but its not up to Unix
NT was designed to run on multiple CPU's but it doesn't exactly win the
efficiency award.
I would personally say that NT and Linux are on par (NT has a few more very
technical details I don't understand built into the OS going for it, Linux
has efficiency on its side) But I'm sure pple will now chop my head off for
saying that *grins*
A Dual PII400 over a single PII400 is probably gonna give you a 75% to 90%
increase in speed. It depends on the program itself. Some are designed to
make the absolute most of Dual Processors, some just allow NT's thread
handling to do it all for them. Someone will need to comment on Real
Producers design.
With no experience, but having done quite a bit of reading I'd say you
*should* get a 75% increase - is there anyone with experience out there?
Other than that look at those Osprey borads that people have been
mentioning. From reading this group the Osprey boards encode Real Media via
hardware (Not CPU) so can be very fast. Does anyone know if they use their
codecs when not encoding a live stream?
Don't forget to check your free RAM - Make sure the computer aint swapping
its brains out.
Look at the other uses for the encoding computer - Is it a dedicated
computer? If not speeding up the other processes its running should speed up
encoding - things include HDD upgrades (Use SCSI over IDE for HDD intensive
applications)etc etc... I'm sure you know the drill!
Regards,
LiFe.
----- Original Message -----
From: RealForum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 30 October 1999 10:21 am
Subject: encoding machines
> From: Liam Lawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: encoding machines
>
> Would there be a significant jump in encoding time from a 400 mhz pentium
to a
> dual processor system? What ways are there to improve encoding speed thu
> equipment?
>
> Thanks..
>
> Liam Lawyer
> Manager of Webcasting
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