Posted by David Chien on 03/08/06 21:53

For mpeg-2 recording, just about any 2Ghz+ PC nowadays can do this just
fine, like I've done with my 8500DV and 9600 AIW units. Nothing special
about it at all, and modern CPUs easily handle the processing. You've
got lots of software encoders that'll do this, including Intervideo
WinDVD Recorder version.

Divx/MPEG-4/MPEG-4 AVC however (in order of increasing complexity) do
take up far more CPU power, with MPEG-4 AVC generally requiring hardware
assist (eg. ATI video card GPU encoder assist) to do real-time, 640x480
30fps recordings. Divx should be okay on most 3Ghz+ systems (see
divx.com -> forums).

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