[lug] mpeg hardware encoding

[Ferdinand Schmid]

Scott and Michael:
Thank you for your postings.  Your responses made me realize that I should have 
been more specific.  I am trying to read videos from a MiniDV camera over a 
FireWire connection (IEEE 1394) and create MPEG videos.  All of the MPEG 
hardware encoders I have seen so far seem to be limited to a vertical resolution 
of around 240 lines.  The MiniDV standard offers around 400 lines, which I 
would/need to take advantage of.
Apple offers a complete solution that even includes a DVD writer at a reasonable 
price but I wanted to see if there was a cheaper way of doing what I need to do. 
  Currently we can encode MPEG videos from AVI using Adobe Premier on WinNT.  It 
takes about 2 hours for 10 min of video on a PIII-600.  The Mac does it faster 
than real time at a cost of around $3200 (dual CPU) including everything or 
slightly slower than real time for $2500 (single CPU).

I thought a similar solution might be available for PCs.

It is great to have some graphics experts on this list!

Ferdinand

Scott A. Herod wrote:

> Hi Ferdinand,
> 
>   The only hardware that I know of that was supported in linux was a 
> kfir chip.  http://www.linuxtv.org/mpeg2/  BMK-Elektronik in Germany has
> a card using it:  http://www.bmk-electronics.de/  (They have one of
> those
> evil websites that blows your browser to fullscreen.)
> 
> http://www.linuxtv.org/mpeg2/kfir.xml   has more information.
> 
> Hauppauge is using the same kfir chip on their WinTV PVR card but will
> not release the specs.  Furthermore, their PVR card does not work with
> the latest bttv drivers.
> 
> http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr_datasheet.htm
> 
> Nvidia might be coming out with something:
> 
> http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=personalcinema
> 
> Matrox claims that they have a codec with their G450 eTV card.
> I suspect it is software only.
> 
> http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/tech_info/marv_g450.cfm
> 
> Finally, I've heard a rumor that CirusLogic may have some hardware
> through one of their recent aquisitions.
> 
> The problem to date has been lack of drivers and the close-fistedness
> of the hardware vendors.
> 
> Scott
> 
> Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> 
>>HI,
>>I recall reading a post regarding mpeg hardware encoders on this list.  But as
>>hard as I tried I can't find this posting again in the archives.  Did my memory
>>play a trick on me or did someone do post info regarding hardware mpeg encoders
>>to this list?  If so could you post that info again?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ferdinand
>>
>>--
>>Ferdinand Schmid
>>http://www.archenergy.com
>>303-444-4149 x231
>>
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Ferdinand Schmid
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