tvtime vs xawtv

[Enrico Scholz]

shrek-m at gmx.de ("shrek-m at gmx.de") writes:

>>> From the ultra-low cpu utilization in Shrek's xawtv ps, I'm
>>> guessing
>>he's running xawtv in overlay mode?
>>
> even if xawtv is not in overlay-mode it is not so cpu-hungry like
> tvtime

Yeah, even 'mencoder' has a lower CPU load (around 35-40% vs. >50% for
tvtime) while encoding AVIs (bitrate 2048, 1 B-frame, 720x576, mpeg4).



Enrico