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

[René Bartsch <rene@bartschnet.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Schultz" <aschultz@warp10.net>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:01 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: MPeg2 encoder/transcoder with stdin/stdout?


>
> 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


      Supported File Format Encoding Decoding
      MPEG audio X  X
      MPEG PS (muxed audio and video) X  X
      ASF X  X
      AVI X  X
      WAV X  X
      Macromedia Flash X  (audio only)
      Real Audio and Video X  X
      PGM, YUV, PPM, JPEG images X  X
      Raw AC3 X  X
      Raw MJPEG X  X
      Raw MPEG video X  X

      Supported Codec Encoding Decoding
      MPEG1 video X  X
      MPEG2 video   X
      MPEG audio layer 2 X  X
      MPEG audio layer 3   X
      MPEG4 (aka Open DIVX) X  X
      AC3 X  X
      MSMPEG4 V3 (aka DIVX) X  X
      H263(+) (aka RealVideo 1.0) X  X
      MJPEG X  X


http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net

Rene


>
> > 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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