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Re: MPEG encoding time

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From: Stefan Hartmann
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:06
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In <l6ulkqINNjbu@calvin.usc.edu> alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves) writes:

>Does anyone with experience in MPEG have a feeling for how long it takes
>to encode full-motion, full-screen video, with enough compression to
>play off a CD-ROM (c. 150k/sec)? I have heard that it would take even
>a high-end personal computer a tremendous amount of time, but I have
>no firm numbers. Also, does anyone know of a company working on a
>QuickTime-compatible MPEG card for the Mac? Thanks.

>Bill Alves


Hi ,
I'm using the Xing Technology MPEG encoder, which works from 320x240
TGA frames .
It takes 1.5 second per frame to encode to a MPEG-file on a 
486 PC (33Mhz) !
I think this is quite fast and all is done by software only !

Best regards Stefan Hartmann.
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


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