[MPlayer-users] Hardware question

[Wolfgang Wilde]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:10:29PM -0600, 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).

This looks good to me. You probably won't have to have 512MB but it definitely
is _no_ fault.

> 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.  

Sorry, I don't have some precise definition of what to buy or what not to do.
My guess is it should work at Athlon XP 1900+, might be it's ok on XP 1700+ if
you reduce all other processes running in background (i. e. no other,
unnecessary services)?

Some friend of me told me miro capturing boards would be great but I don't know
the quality for capturing videos. I do have some "Hauppauge WinTV Theatre TV"
card which produces lots of noisy tv programs whereas my Terratec TV+ card
(really old! Bt848 chipset!) works fine for me.

But - I really do have no experience in capturing TV/VHS-Videos.
 
> So any comments/critiques on this setup are welcome as are recommendations on 
> processors.

You asked for critiques? Here you have:
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Just my 2 ct.
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