Recent content by Numpty0306

Thanks for the warning (I learned that lesson when installed Windows Server 2003). I will almost exclusively be using this rigs to extract content from my Tivo (MPEG2-ish), transcoding to something which compresses a bit better, and then sending over the internet (slow upload speed at the...

I hadn't realised that 64-bit XP had been released... I'm downloading it from MSDN as we speak :thumbsup: I've just trawled through the MS site again, and it looks like I must have been mistaken: probably got the (mis)understanding from somebody who is as confused as I used to be :) Thanks...

Thanks for the speedy responses! Indeed, I was. Looks like I was dreaming (not unusual for me)! I didn't realise that WMV9 wasn't MPEG4 - I'm sure I read it somewhere in some M$ article - that'll teach me to beleive the M$ hype :) So, given that my "hardware accelerator" will take the...

I'm putting together a new system to be used exclusively for encoding existing MPEG2 files into MPEG4 (probably WMV9). Is there any hardware out there that I can use to do then encoding for me, instead of hammering the processor? I see there are capture cards that do hardware-based MPEG4...