Must Read This! Important Info About Divx

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  • techno
    Digital Video Master
    Digital Video Master
    • Nov 2001
    • 1309

    Must Read This! Important Info About Divx

    Hi.

    ok ok, I am a programmer as well as building and maintaining computers. recently started to teach myself networking.

    Now, I have a P133 with a 40GB 7200 RPM HDD (WD). I like upgraded it, put it that way.

    And this is my server, ftp server and my backup server.

    The rule with DIVX is that u must have a min spec of 233/266MHz to run DIVX (not a good quality)

    I usually stun people, like I installed Windows 2000 PRO on a 486 DX2 66MHz and a P75 (and recieved special certs from Microsoft too!)

    ok, I think I stunned again (maybe)

    I hooked up everything, now the server contains some movies and I decided u know, let's watch it from that machine to my master machine (my PIII 800EB)

    and it plays movies WITHOUT loss of quality and NO jerks!!!!!!! But how come? because it's through a network (takes a bit longer) plus it's running from a P133 machine! ok ok, local networks are fast but sometimes slow, but I mean, it plays bloody smoothly and fine from the P133 machine when viewing it on the PIII 800EB machine!

    You would expect jerks or a/v synch but nothing here! and DMA mode is NOT EVEN ENABLED on the ftp server (P133) !!!!

    ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!??!?!!
  • hacker_on_fire
    Digital Video Expert
    Digital Video Expert
    • Mar 2002
    • 517

    #2
    normally with computers thers always a logical explaniation, but i cannot think of one.

    anybody....
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    • Leo_C
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Mar 2002
      • 24

      #3
      Wait - what you are saying is that you can play a video file _stored_ on the P133 across the network and have the video _displayed_ on your 800Mhz machine?

      I would hope so!!

      Generic divx data rate = ~1Mbps
      Generic crappy LAN data rate = 10Mbps
      Generic crappy HDD transfer rate = 5 MBps

      So if it wasn't working, I'd be upset. Ain't no reason not to plug your DVD drive into the slow machine and watch DVD's across the network - the data rate is still not going to be a problem.


      Leo
      Last edited by Leo_C; 5 Sep 2002, 08:10 AM.

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