Running files in the back while encoding ?

[90blackcrx]

Quick and simple question, I have a program in the backround of my computer downloading a file, if I am encoding while downloading will it effect encoding at all ? When the file pops up saying I'm done will that mess anything up while the encoding is going on ? Just want to make sure I'm not gonna risk the file that I'm encoding

[edDV]

downloading + encoding

shouldn't hurt anything*, it might slow the processing a bit adding seconds to the encode.
*so long as this is a file you are downloading, not a stream.

downloading while video capturing or importing DV over Firewire

I would wait for the capture or DV transfer to finish since they are not fully buffered and may drop frames.

[90blackcrx]

I would wait for the capture or DV transfer to finish since they are not fully buffered and may drop frames.

Aww what now, I think I kind of know what your talking about. But the file I'm downloading has nothing to do with what I am encoding. Its a power point presentation. I think you might of been saying if I was encoding the video that I was currently downloading.

[guns1inger]

I think the DV tip was a freebie, as you didn't mention DV capture in your post. Unless you are doing realtime encoding (eg. on the fly encoding of DV to Mpeg-2) the only cost will be encoding speed. You can browse, download, play online games and it wont effect the outcome of the encode. Encoding is pretty CPU intensive, and doesn't like to share, so you may find everything else is slow.

[edDV]

If the download is a file - no problem.

If you are streaming data or capturing video, the encoder running flat out may choke the former.

The OS will make sure the file gets through, it can't do much to protect a stream.