[vdr] Re: MPeg2 encoder/transcoder with stdin/stdout?

[Andreas Schultz <aschultz@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>]

Hi,

René Bartsch wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> ffmpeg ( http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net ) can grab video from a V4L-source or
> file and stream it to network or write into file.
> Several input formats ( PES-, TS- streams, MPEG1, -2, ...) and several
> output formats ( DVD, MPEG1, -2, SVCD, DivX, ...) can be choosen.


Just for clarification, i think it doesn't support MPEG2 encoding!

Andreas

> There's also input-/output capability for sound (sound device or file to
> network or file (e.g. MP3).
> 
> But for streaming, you'll need a fast CPU!
> 
> Decoding won't need much CPU power, just like having a file ...
> 
> Rene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Markus Winkler" <markus.winkler@gmxpro.de>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:40 PM
> Subject: [vdr] MPeg2 encoder/transcoder with stdin/stdout?
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>does anybody know an encoder which works with mpeg2 sources from stdin and
>>encodes to mpeg1/2 to stdout? I know mencode, but as far as I know it only
>>encodes to divx.
>>What I want to do is something like that:
>>
>>/dev/ost/dvr --> encode to mpeg1/2 with lower bitrates --> stream it with
>>
> rtp
> 
>>Any hits?
>>
>>By the way, some weeks ago, I posted some messages regarding my
>>
> DVBVideoLAN
> 
>>project. It starts to work, but i believe you need a rather fast processor
>>to do the realtime decoding and network-tasks...
>>Perhaps I should do some profiling :-)
>>
>>Greetings,
>>Markus
>>
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