Submission + - Best (Linux compatible) hardware for transcoding? (commandprompt.com)
poet writes: "I organize a PostgreSQL conference. One of the things we do at this conference is record all the talks. Our first conference in October we recorded only audio. The current conference which actually starts this week, we are recording video.
I have managed to get Kino to work with Gnome and it is producing reasonable results. However it is very, very slow. I know this is hardware related, however I know databases, not video. What makes Video transcoding go faster? Do I purchase lots of Video card, lots of Cores? Is it a combination? My laptop is a dual core and it transcoded a 45 minute talk from tape to SVCD in 6 hours. There has to be faster ways. So what better place to ask than Geek central?"