Can I use my PC while encoding etc etc etc ? ? ?

[Star-ratS]

Just wondering whever or not you can still use your PC while encoding in CCE, thinking about it - I can't see why not. Surely it would only effect the time it would take to complete, I can't see how it would effect the quality of the picture since basically the encoder is just recoding each frame thus any other operations on the PC would just slow the encoding speed and leaving my stream totally intacked.

Am I right in saying this?

or am I over looking sommat?

[ItsMe]

You should be alright using your PC while encoding. Having said that, if you are running Windows 9x then I would not recommend it because if another application crashes or tries to use CCE's memory space then there is a good chance the CCE will also crash. Widows NT versions 4/5/5.1 have much better memory management although this is no guarantee.

I use my PC often when encoding stuff on Windows XP (NT 5.1).

[dilligaf]

I agree with you Star-ratS, I think video capture would be the only task the PC should be left alone to do its thing, as once the frame is missed its history.

[Star-ratS]

Arh qhick reply, well cheers for that, I did think that as long as ya had a stable o/s and took it easy that nothing much could come to harm. just needed to hear it from someone else my o/s also is XP and runs sweet.

thanks

oh "dilligaf" I'm reckon you've misread my post.

[ItsMe]

Your not going to 'drop' any frames when you are re-encoding. Now capturing is a different matter...

[SLK001]

Sure, you can do other things while you are encoding. But just remember that encoding will demand ALL available processor power - and I do mean ALL. This leaves virtually nothing left for anything else. The best way to encode is to do it overnight, when your demand on the computer is zero, and let the encoder have all it wants.