[mythtv-users] Plextor Convertx CPU Usage

[Josh White]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

>
> 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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