[mythtv-users] Plextor Convertx CPU Usage

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 7, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:

> Hello, i see that newegg has a deal going on for the Plextor  
> Convertx for $49.99 after rebate. I was wondering, what is the cpu  
> usage like when recording? Is it comparable to a pvr150/250/500 card  
> (minimal cpu usage)? Or is it more like a software encoder card  
> where it uses the cpu to create the file?

The unit has a hardware encoder chip, so there is no CPU load for  
encoding. It takes a little more CPU than a PVR die to the USB  
subsystem overhead and the fact that you have to compress the audio  
yourself (with your CPU) but this is minimal.


>
> Item link: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-TechBargains&cm_mmc=AFC-TechBargains_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16814144504
>
> Also, it looks like it can save to divx...how would making a cutlist  
> and then using nuvexport to resave it to divx work? Could something  
> be used to not re-encode the divx file, similar to how myth has this  
> function for mpeg2 with transcoding?

I don't think the DiVX modes are supported by Myth (yet). Only the  
MPEG-4 modes are supported at this point.

beww

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