[LAU] skipping chunks of video with ffmpeg2theora and icecast, DVinput

Jörn Nettingsmeier nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de
Sat May 21 22:57:08 UTC 2011


On 05/20/2011 04:41 PM, Luka Prinčič // Nova deViator wrote:

> i will do more tests, but the conclusion seems to be that the zooms and
> many actions creates bandwidth spikes and that causes skips between
> encoder and server, correct?

yes. since you mentioned you have a very powerful machine, try the 
constant bitrate mode of ffmpeg2theora. it has a slight quality 
trade-off and eats unspeakable amounts of cpu, but it will allow you to 
go very near to the line limit without fear of network congestion.

best,


jörn



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