[ale] need input on wobbling decision making on the PC

[Boris Borisov]

Like

https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg

I never had to use it but maybe ill give it test run.

On 14 Sep 2017 12:56 PM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Depends on your needs. I think video transcoding in the hardware is
> available for most modern video chipsets. If your priority is speed over
> quality look there.
>
> On 14 Sep 2017 12:46 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>> BTW, for transcoding, more than 6G RAM is overkill.
>>
>> Why don't you transcode something on your current PC?  How long does it
>> take?  Is that acceptable or not?  What is the "passmark" for it?  Now
>> use those amazing fractions to guestimate what the CPU you want will
>> take to transcode the same file.  Is that acceptable?
>>
>> I would also look at the required power used - which leads to the fan
>> needed which leads to the noise created.  If the system is alone in the
>> basement, perhaps noise doesn't matter to you?  Mine sit in my home
>> office, so noise and excess heat is unacceptable to me.
>>
>> Every other time you post, it includes running a few VMs.  More CPUs
>> helps with running more VMs.
>>
>> Is it worth it?
>>
>>
>> It depends. We cannot say.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/14/2017 12:26 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> > It depends.
>> >
>> > On 09/14/2017 12:11 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>> >> Friends:
>> >>
>> >> I am trying to  a PC for transcoding purposes and dont want to spend a
>> >> lot if I can avoid.
>> >>
>> >> I was almost ready with Microcenter for
>> >>
>> >> FX 8350 CPU with eight cores ($70) PassMark of CPU is 8900
>> >> Mother board  ASUS  ($80)
>> >> Memory 16GB CAS9 ($120)
>> >> Paste is $4
>> >>
>> >> All together with taxes = = 282 (no case, no disk, no vid card, key
>> >> board etc., etc.,  not that  ineed it)
>> >> I can reuse existing case.
>> >>
>> >> ============================================================
>> =====================
>> >> However I saw this for $180 all inclusive.
>> >> https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIA5YV4XJ8211?icid=WP_0_09102017
>> >>
>> >> The PassMark for the CPU - Intel Core i5-2400 Quad Core Processor -
>> >> 3.1GHz is  5907
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------
>> >>
>> >> So is the extra 100 dollars for the powerful CPU worth it ?
>> >>
>> >> The purpose of the PC is purely for transcoding purpose the OTA
>> channels
>> >> via HDHR.
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