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[keesan AT SDF.ORG]

>> 17.07.2011 5:51, keesan AT SDF.ORG пишет:
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mplayer seems to be less fastidious
>> (demanding?) of the
>> computer and
>> > the system than VLC".
>> >
>> > "My goal is to record an IPTV-stream to a
>> file.  On a more
>> recent computer
>> > (Cope2Duo, 2.4GHz, I have a program based on
>> VLC, so I wanted to try
>> > it out on an old computer, but after your
>> explanation I doubt it will
>> work."
>>
>> > My reply:  Is your hard drive even big
>> enough to record a video
>> stream?
>> > A 100Mhz computer has no USB port to use
>> with external drive.
>> Нет  у него
>> usb-порта .  Но у
>> меня  есть
>> диск  на  40 гб  ,
>> правда не
>> проверял
>> как потянет
>> он или нет .

Translation:  It has no USB port.  But I have a
40GB did, however I did not test whether it
"pulls"?

>> >>> Try doing whatever it is on a faster
>> computer and use 'top'
>> to calculate
>> >>> the percentage of the CPU time used by the
>> process.  If it
>> uses 10% or
>> >>> less of 1GHz it should work at 100MHz, if
>> the video chip is
>> fast enough
>> >>> too.

>> > "Visually the processor load seems to be
>> more than 10%, so
>> 100MHz will
>> > probably turn out to be much too slow."
>> >

>> > "So all that is left is to try out Mplayer.
>> Thanks for the
>> explanation,
>> > Sindi".
>> >
>> >>> I set up a 120MHz laptop as an internet
>> radio, with an
>> mplayer compiled
>> >>> specifically for P54C - very old Pentium.
>> It will work with
>> about 8MB
>> >>> RAM
>> >>> and very little CPU time.
>> >> Vpechatlyaet :-)
>> > "Impressive ;=)"
>> >
>> >>>>>> Sindi Keesan
>> >

The above is from previous postings.


> Я думаю, мощности этого процессора будет
> недостаточно, чтобы писать поток IPTV в
> файл. Экспериментально проверял, что
> Pentium 1 133Mhz еле вытягивает поток с
> разрешением 640х480 - нормально 512х384. Если
> используется h264 - явно не хватит.

Translation:
I think this processor is not sufficiently
powerful to write an IPTV stream to a file.  I
experimentally confirmed that a Pentium I 133MHz
barely pulls a stream at 640x480 resolution -
normally 512x384.  If h264 is used it clearly is
inadequate.