Linux Real Time MPEG Compression?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday January 16, 2003 @09:20AM from the squashing-video-chunks-while-u-wait dept.

aszoth asks: "I working on a project that is going to require approximately 4 hours of video recording per day for about two months. We are currently using DVM tapes, however the extraction and compression time has left us with a large library of tapes un-converted. We are considering other methods, in particular real time MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 Compression. We also would like to be able to slow down our frame rate from the 29.7 fps to something along the lines of 5-15 fps. I am wondering if any one has any suggestions on possible ways to do such compression (or get similar results) with a Linux box. Thank you for any help you can give."

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Mpeg4IP? by Pathwalker · 2003-01-16 10:26 · Score: 4, Informative

mpeg4ip should do what you want, if you are willing to ignore the issues with licensing of the MPEG-4 patent portfolio.

If you are not stuck with Linux, I would suggest using a mac - Quick Time Broadcaster does real time mpeg4 encoding at good quality even on old iBooks, and the mpeg-4 royalties are taken of as part of the cost of QuickTime Pro.