[vdr] Re: Divx with 2 computers

[Johannes Feigl <jaf.corporation@gmx.at>]

I know the actual speed of Mplayer via dvb...

but I think we should wait for the new encoder in mplayer (mp1e), it
should have more performance

and the mplayer-dev will try to make it faster ...

mfg Johannes

On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:57:41PM +0100, Tobias Hauth wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> what do you think about the following idea (dont know if it was mentioned 
> bevor):
> 
> i think most people here use 1 ghz and below (or better 500mhz and below) 
> computers for vdr. because this is not enough for mplayer and divx i used my 
> normal computer with 1,4 ghz. but this is not so good for a living room 
> solution. i think it would be nice, if i can encode divx to mpg with my 1,4 
> ghz computer ( using windows or using linux, just where i am at the moment 
> (mplayer works unter win32? or not (divx to mpg)?)) and write it over the 
> network on my vdr computer. the vdr computer should have a dummy file for 
> each divx film i have and when selecting this dummy file with vdr (in the 
> normal recordings menu) a script or so should start divxdecoding over the 
> network.
> 
> 
> anybody think this coukd work? or has somebody currently have a similiar 
> config? would be very nice. i think this would be much to use (even with only 
> one computer because you dont have to use extra menus for divx, you dont even 
> recognise it because all looks like normal vdrrecordings)