<p>I encode sd content using handbrake on a quad core q6600 using high profile to h264 and it takes 120% of the recording for bbc transmissions and 100% for everything else.</p>
<p>H264 encoding Is complex.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 29, 2011 7:54 AM, "Dura Zell" <<a href="mailto:dura-zell@dynamik.ddns.net">dura-zell@dynamik.ddns.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On 24.05.2011 17:28, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>
>> On 05/24/2011 09:28 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:<br>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Dura Zell wrote:<br>>>>> Can the fileserver be the master backend without any capture cards? As<br>>>>> far is I understand the docs (manual, wiki) the masterbackend has to<br>
>>>> have at least one capture card wich is not possible in my setup.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Maybe I write something myself, kind of perl daemon:<br>>>>><br>>>>> 1. transfer file to another machine<br>
>>>> 2. convert file on this other machine<br>>>>> 3. check if mbe is online and<br>>>>> 3. a) if so: transfer file back do mbe<br>>>>> 3. b) if not: wait until it is and then transfer back to mbe<br>
>>>> 4. on mbe: replace file with the transcoded one as if the file has been<br>>>>> transcoded locally<br>>>>><br>>>>> While 1. could easily be done with a userjob and 2-3 are not much more<br>
>>>> complicated, I'm not sure about the last part, this needs some<br>>>>> investigation by me. :)<br>>>> I think there has been some work done to make the backend work without<br>>>> a tuner, but I don't know what state it's in.<br>
>><br>>> You'll all know when MythTV supports running a master backend alone. At<br>>> that point, there will be separate binaries for mythmaster and<br>>> mythrecorder (names may change).<br>
>><br>>>> Could you setup a dummy<br>>>> tuner than never gets used?<br>>>><br>>>> I know you'd like to shut down the MBE, but is it absolutely<br>>>> necessary? If not, then just use mythjobqueue on the file server. Your<br>
>>> solution seems cumbersome and complicated.<br>>><br>>> Agreed. The power usage required for a couple hours of running a master<br>>> backend system each day while your master backend /and/ file server<br>
>> mythjobqueue host work on processing a few jobs isn't going to be<br>>> significant. And, if you have the CPU/IO performance on the file<br>>> server, you can simply run mythjobqueue for a couple hours each day when<br>
>> you're normally also recording on the master backend--and, therefore,<br>>> when the master backend needs to be booted, anyway.<br>>><br>>> See, also, <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Job_queue_idle.py">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Job_queue_idle.py</a> , as you'll need<br>
>> to shut off mythjobqueue to allow the master backend to shut itself down<br>>> when its idle.<br>>><br>>> Mike<br>> <br>> <br>> Hi<br>> <br>> Sorry for the long delay, I was working late hours these days.<br>
> <br>> Currently I have the mbe wich has got a 80GB hdd. While the recordings <br>> are saved on this local drive, I import my music and video files via nfs <br>> from the fileserver wich has got plenty of diskspace. This suits my <br>
> needs perfectly, but sometimes, maybe once or twice per week, I record <br>> something wich I want to archive in my "videos" directory.<br>> <br>> I installed a script wich converts the mpg2 files to mkv-files (x264 <br>
> video, mp3 audio) and copies the encoded file into my video-directory. <br>> After that, the originating file can be auto-expired. (Please note that <br>> this something different from mythtranscode, wich works fine for me but <br>
> doesnt have the option to produce the files I want and can't copy to <br>> videos-driectory either). This encoding-process is painfully slow: For <br>> testing I recorded 5 minutes of video, wich took almost half an hour to <br>
> encode. So, a complete Movie will take 10-15 hours to encode. This isn't <br>> acceptable for me, so I decided to check if my fileserver can do the <br>> encoding as the archived movies are stored there anyway.<br>
> <br>> I will give mythjobqueue a try, if the fileserver is fast enough, I'll <br>> accept this. (I think up to 2 hours per 1hour of recording is fast <br>> enough for my purpose).<br>> <br>> Micha<br>
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