Re: What hardware makes the most difference in Trans coding performance?

> Last year I moved a process from a P4 1.7ghz to a 2.0 amd 64 running
> 64bit linux.  it seemed slower and someone suggested: you are
> reading/writing 2x as much data, but the app may only be using the
> lower 1/2, so you are moving the same data and a bunch of 0's.  if 50%
> of what the app does is read/write data, expect it to be slower.
>
> My advice: don't buy hardware for this.  if you own a few different
> systems, do some tests.
>
> I would rip DVDs as you need them.  Don't bother compressing them.  by
> the time you need disk space for the last 1/2 of your collection, the
> cost of the disk space will be lower.
>
>   

I have to agree,

storage is plenty and cheap, rip the video and audio and subtitles you
want and create MKV containers.

It take 20 minutes to create a mkv file for a 2 hour movie.

shout if you want my script.

H