[PLUG-AV] encoding talk atm & next workshop notes

[Jason Nicholls]

Hey James,


Wonder if its possible and worth having one core doing the x264 encoding in
> real time then? Hence the video file is ready for upload by the time we pack
> away.
>

Potentially, something to test in the workshop. One CPU would be too slow
though, at ~12.5fps it'd take a lot longer to finish encoding than the talk
itself. 2 CPUs could work but might tax the box a bit with all the other
stuff going on - consider the disk IO, the original file was 14 GB (and
writing/reading from that at the same time).


 For the next workshop:
- figure out what happened to AV4, with the dead video
- document using the audio mixer, although we need to buy the following bits
first:
  large mono M jacks (left/right) to small stereo M jack (main out of mixer
-> computer)

See pic to confirm part:
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-6-3mm-Jacks-Adapter/dp/B003NF5OLO
>

yes



  small mono F jack to large mono M jack (wireless mic -> mixer) (probably
best to get a couple of these)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Stereo-Socket-6-35mm-Adapter/dp/B003OSXND6/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1312947261&sr=1-8
>

yes


  (optional) L & R large M jacks to small stereo F jack (control room out of
mixer -> for headphones)

(Or the above main out -> computer + a 3.5mm F-F gender bender?)
>

that would work too.

buy please don't buy from amazon :) easily bought here from any electronics
shop and won't incur ridiculous shipping ...




- look at fitting a better vid card into AV2, atm the ancient card in there
only supports a single XV window so trying to run DV Switch and watch the
stream with VLC or mplayer results in horrible screen performance...

Any one got any spares? Or recommendations for something made in the last 5
> years and under $50 or so?
>
>
I don't think we should muck about - we can get something quite good for
$29+shipping from PC Case Gear (same guys that we got the CPU from) or from
around $50 local.

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_876&products_id=13265




Jason Nicholls
jason at mindsocket.com.au
0430 314 857
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