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Operating Systems Solaris Video capture and editing on Solaris vs Debian vs Ubuntu Post 302585554 by Marcus Aurelius on Wednesday 28th of December 2011 11:08:37 PM
Old 12-29-2011
Video capture and editing on Solaris vs Debian vs Ubuntu

I am interested in doing some heavy video work. I have a ADVC 110 Video capture device, which I am using to capture VHS video tapes, which I will convert on the server to DVD format and burn to DVD's using DVD production software. I will also take the captured video file and split it up in parts and convert to other formats.
I will have a need to rip DVD video and encoding.

My question is for these tasks what setup do you suggest for the following.

The server that will be doing this work is:

HP Proliant DL-380 G4
Dual CPU's 3.20 ghz / 800 mhz / 1MB L2
5120 MB RAM
6 hard disks on HP Smart Array 6i controller (36.4 GB Ultra320 SCSI HD each)
RAID set to RAID 5 (5 discs) with one spare (6th disk)
USB, 2 Ethernet ports, 1 ILO port, 1 SCSI port

When it comes to the 6 disk raid I am setting up I was planning to use RAID-5 on 5 disks using the 6th disk as a spare. Do you think this will be to slow (due to the parity) since I will be doing so much video editing?
My other choice was RAID 1+0 (RAID 10). This would not allow me to have that extra spare. Which do you think would be best? I have at least 50 - 2 hour VHS tapes to capture and DVD's not included.

As far as the operating system I am still considering the one to use. I am concerned about security, so I am undecided as to how much proprietary software I will install on this machine. Flash etc, make me a little wary.

I have used Ubuntu on my laptop and have been very satisfied, especially with the community support. However I am looking to try something new and not sure what to expect as far as support and available software necessary to perform the above requirements (and others not mentioned).

I am deciding between Debian 6 (squeeze) and Solaris. I am probably going to install Debian on another laptop I have, and was thinking about Solaris for this server.

The video requirements are one of the major functions this server must perform, and I do not know to much about Solaris. What recommendations do you have concerning the video requirements, and how Solaris will work on this server hardware. Thank you.

Last edited by Marcus Aurelius; 12-29-2011 at 12:21 PM..
 

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Xv(3X)																	    Xv(3X)

Name
       Xv - X Window System video extension

Description
       The  Xv	extension provides support for video adaptors attached to an X display.  It takes the approach that a display may have one or more
       video adaptors, each of which has one or more ports through which independent video streams pass.

       An adaptor may be able to display video in a drawable, capture video from a drawable, or both.  It translates between video encoding (NTSC,
       PAL,  SECAM,  etc...) and drawable format (depth and visual-id pair). An adaptor may support multiple video encodings and/or multiple draw-
       able formats.

       Clients use Xv(3X) to gain access and manage sharing of a display's video resources.  Typically, a client will use XvQueryExtension(3X)	to
       determine  the  status of the extension, XvQueryAdaptors(3X) to get a description of what video adaptors exist, and XvQueryEncodings(3X) to
       get a description of what video encodings an adaptor supports.

       Once a client has determined what video resources are available, it is free to put video into a drawable or  get  video	from  a  drawable,
       according  the  capabilities  supported.   Clients  can	select	to  receive events when video activity changes in a drawable and when port
       attributes have changed.

Summary of Library Functions
       The following is a summary of Xv library functions:

       XvGetPortAttribute(3X) - return current port attribute value

       XvGetStill(3X) - capture a single frame of video from a drawable

       XvGetVideo(3X) - capture video from a drawable

       XvGrabPort(3X) - lock port for exclusive use by client

       XvPortNotify(3X) - event generated when port attributes change

       XvPutStill(3X) - write a single frame of video to a drawable

       XvPutVideo(3X) - write video into a drawable

       XvQueryAdaptors(3X) - return adaptor information for a screen

       XvQueryBestSize(3X) - determine the optimum drawable region size

       XvQueryEncodings(3X) - return list of encodings for an adaptor

       XvQueryExtension(3X) - return version and revision of extension

       XvSelectPortNotify(3X) - enable or disable XvPortNotify events

       XvSelectVideoNotify(3X) - enable or disable XvVideoNotify events

       XvSetPortAttribute(3X) - set an attribute for a port

       XvStopVideo(3X) - stop active video

       XvUngrabPort(3X) - release a grabbed port

       XvVideoNotify(3X) - event generated for video processing

       Each of these functions is described in its own Xv man page.

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