Re: Divx encoding - computationally intensive

["Musashi" <simonr@xxxxxxx>]

I looked into divx encoding at length. The coding does not lend itself to
SMP (Symetric Multi Processing) at all. I was about to invest in a dual
athlon mobo, from overclockers. But after reading some of the divx forums
and speaking to one or two hard core rippers decided that the investment,
currently, isnt worth it. Although maybe divx encoding on something like a
beowulf configuration maybe able to handle distributive processing.

S.
----- Original Message -----
From: mark_harrison_uk2
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Divx encoding - computationally intensive


I understand that Divx encoding is computationally intensive.
However, it strikes me that the video side if not the audio is the
kind of thing that does indeed lend itself nicely to "grid"
computing.

Anyone aware of any distributed processing client/server that does
Divx encoding at a level more sophisticated than copying one VOB to
each PC and telling them to "go encode"?

M.