[mythtv-users] Re: nuv export speed

[Chris Petersen]

> Probably the best thing to do is have a SMP machine.  That pretty much
> allows the transcode processes to hog an entire CPU and not affect
> anything else.

Actually, with SMP, the audio and video encode go onto separate CPU's, 
and you get about a 30% speedup.  I've tried turning on the multithread 
options in transcode, too, but they actually slowed things down.

> Just for fun, I took out the nice commands (for the export_VCD module)
> and ran it.  I might have gained a whole 1 minute for a 1/2 hour show.
> Seems to me to be a 1-to-1 match in show length (in time) and exporting
> length (in time).

I was just about to comment about this.  Even nice set at zero doesn't 
really give you any benefit.  tiny amounts.  Gavin and I did quite a few 
tests of the settings before deciding on what worked best.

-Chris