[MPlayer-users] Hardware question

[Steffen Barszus]

On Wednesday 08 January 2003 22:10, Daniel Callahan wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 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.

Wouldn't it be better to buy some MJPEG-Captureboards ? you should definitly 
ask too on the mjpeg-users-mailinglist.

>
> 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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