Re: [Openpvr-devel] System requirements?

[Brian J. M. <8b2...@in...>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 05:45:44PM -0500, Gregory Gee wrote:
> 
>   I'm not sure if this is too early to ask, but what would be the system requirements?

Well, I think some consensus might help us draw up some guidelines.

I have an AMD (Thunderbird) Athlon 800Mhz.  I write over NFS to the
server.

> How much power would I need just to record?

Depends much on what you use to record.

> Just for recording,
> with mp1e, what have people seen.

I love mp1e.  I just wish the a/v sync issues were worked out.  With
mp1e, 29.97 fps, 320x240, 1800kbp/s barely blips my CPU according to
the little Gnome taskbar monitor.  :-)  Seriously, I am recording
right now and it seems to be about 10-20% with some spikes but I don't
know they are mp1e.  Oh I am also playing back at the same time.  Time
shifting as it has been coined.

> I have a K6-233 and a P2-233 available as a server.

Those might work.  I would be interested in what you find with them.
I have a K6-300 I might want to have doing recording with mp1e.  I
will encode to Divx offline, niced down real low.

> Will
> either of these do?

Give them a try and let us know.

> My desktop is more powerful, but I don't want to use my desktop as a
> server.

My workstation is way more powerful than my server, which is why I use
my workstation to record.  I may splurge for dedicated hardware at
some point but my workstation does a good job.

> I don't plan on using the server for playback to the TV.

Simultaneous recording and playback on a 200-300 Mhz processor might
be pushing it.  But please do try it.

>   Also, what about didk performance.

Well, at 1800kbp/s, disk is almost a non-issue.

>   Would 2 drives in raid-0 be better than a single drive?

Not required even if it is.

b.

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Brian J. Murrell