[MPlayer-users] Hardware question

[Daniel Callahan]

I'm looking at putting together a box with an AN19E Stealth2 motherboard (VIA 
KT-400 chipset), with at least 512MB PC2700 DDR memory.  I'm assuming this is 
a good foundation to build from for video encoding (although please correct 
me if I'm wrong).

Question is:  what minimum Athlon processor do I need to reliably encode 
full-screen video from tape?  Basically, my project is back up my entire PBS 
'Doctor Who' collection before the original VHS tapes finally die (since many 
are over 15 years old, they should be soon).  I don't have a lot of $ to 
spend, so I need to get the right hardware the first time.  

So any comments/critiques on this setup are welcome as are recommendations on 
processors.

Thanks!
Daniel.

PS.  Need it be explicity stated:  I'll be using Linux.  I only keep Windows 
around for my daughter's 'Bob the Builder' game.
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