New computer requirements for transcoding 1080p files on the fly

[knoxvle]

Any suggestions?
I have a ps3 and want to transcode 1080p mkv files on the fly to play on my ps3.
I currently have a p4 2.8ghz w/HT but its 5 years old and it can't cut it.
Should I go dual core?
Tri core?
quad core?
and how much ram?

Thanks for your help!

[attonbitusira]

I don't understand your poll.

There is no core "requirement" for transcoding videos. If you have more cores (ex. intel q6600, amd 9850) you will be able to encode much faster than someone with 1 or 2.

But you already knew that.

Make sure you are using an application that supports multithreaded operations. I believe Handbrake supports 4 cores.

www.handbrake.fr

[redzone]

Any suggestions?
I have a ps3 and want to transcode 1080p mkv files on the fly to play on my ps3.
I currently have a p4 2.8ghz w/HT but its 5 years old and it can't cut it.
Should I go dual core?
Tri core?
quad core?
and how much ram?

Thanks for your help!

instead of trying to encode it on the fly just use mkv2vob to convert the mkv files into a readable format for the ps3. this is what i do and it works great. its quick and saves the cpu .

[FCurimao]

instead of trying to encode it on the fly just use mkv2vob to convert the mkv files into a readable format for the ps3. this is what i do and it works great. its quick and saves the cpu .
+1 Also make sure your transcoding codec are set to the codec of the video (XviD, x264, MPEG2) as this will skip the transcoding process and straight to muxing.

I'm guessing the OP means that he's using TVersity which transcodes on the fly.

[javis]

If your going to build a rig just to transcode MKV's why not just build a HTPC running Xbox Media Center (Works on Linux) with a Nvidia card.

http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=45525 - Check out this thread

They have added VDPAU to XBMC so now it is able to offload the processing to a video card, you just have to make sure you have a NVIDIA G98 Core and it should work. If you have never used XBMC then you should check it out, its probably the best Media Centre software out there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127342 - This video card will decode 1080P with a very low CPU utilization.

[knoxvle]

cause I have a ps3 :P