[XviD-devel] Project Idea

[JP]

yeah rite.. thanks.. :)

well.. the challenge for me would have been the splitting into small
chunks and intelligent distribution of packets on the network. though
u're definitely rite on the fact that i can be done as totally
independent tasks

regards
JP

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:01:36 +0100, marioemmenlauer at gmx.de
<marioemmenlauer at gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hy, I'm just writing back in case no one else did already
> (meaning I'm not an XviD developer:-)
> 
> Your idea is not bad, but it's not something new eighter:-(
> Point is: Your DVD already comes in several chunks of 1GB size.
> Now you don't have to develop a new application, just copy these
> to individual machines, convert them there and copy the result
> back. Then merge the result with VirtualDub or similar tool.
> 
> The main problem with your idea is, that the whole task can
> be split to several independend tasks without any problems.
> Thats why it's so easy, just split into parts and your're done.
> I also think I remember some linux application that does this,
> and it's no problem to write a short shell script that would
> do the job:-(
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Mario
> 
> JP wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | Im JP, student, and i was thinking of something while compressing  one
> | of my dvds to divx format. the cpu usage is obviously 100% all the
> | time and during 5hrs on my Athlon XP 2500+.. how about breaking the
> | dvd into chunks and distributing the load for compression over a
> | network and then reassembling the packets back to form the final
> | movie? the application would query machines on the network that are
> | not using their cpu fully and would seize this opportunity to
> | distribute the load efficiently.. the aim would be to reduce
> | compression time.. by splitting the movie intelligently over the
> | network and making the other machines other than the original machine
> | do the job..
> |
> | does any tools like this exist? im seriously considering to develop
> | something like this for my bsc project if it doesnt.. what do u guys
> | think of that ??? any idea??
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