Re: Requirements for encoding 4 inputs streams on one computer

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What's the input stream ?

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:50:05 -0700, "timm"
<timm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I would like to be able to encode 4 input streams at the same time, on the
>same computer. The resulting stream will need to be of reasonable quality,
>say 240x180 and 15 FPS, for a 100k stream (give or take).
>
>What CPU is recommended? I have heard some good things about AMD64's, but
>not sure exactly which one. Also, how much RAM would be needed? Are other
>devices, such as hard drives, any factor?
>
>Regarding the version of WME to use, I have seen some discussion regarding
>using version 7 or 8 instead of 9, gaining some performance in exchange for
>quality of resulting stream. Which version, 7 or 8, yields better performance
>with less stress upon CPU? Any stability issues with either 7 or 8?
>
>Since I am probably going to be setting up a large number of these encoding
>systems (9 to be exact), and, that is all that they are going to be doing,
>does anyone have a checklist for OS configuration that they would like to
>share? For example, I can imagine turning off quite a few unneeded Services
>on XP Pro, etc.
>
>Thanks in advance, Tim

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