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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

12-29-2011

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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.

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SDL::Video(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     SDL::Video(3)

NAME

       SDL::Video - a SDL perl extension

SYNOPSIS

	 $video = new SDL::Video ( -name => 'pr0n.mpg' );

DESCRIPTION

       "SDL::Video" adds support for MPEG video to your SDL Perl application.  Videos are objects bound to surfaces, whose playback is controled
       through the object's interface.

   METHODS
       o   "SDL::Video::error()" returns any error messages associated with playback

       o   "SDL::Video::audio(bool)" enables or disables audio playback, (on by default)

       o   "SDL::Video::video(bool)" enables or disable video playback, (on by default)

       o   "SDL::Video::loop(bool)" enables or disable playback looping (off by default)

       o   "SDL::Video::volume(int)" set the volume as per the mixer volume

       o   "SDL::Video:display(surface)" binds the clip to a display surface

       o   "SDL::Video::scale([x,y]|[surface]|int)" scales the clip by either x,y factors, scales to the image dimensions, or a single scalar.

       o   "SDL::Video::play()" plays the video clip, call "SDL::Video::display()" before playing

       o   "SDL::Video::pause()" pauses video playback

       o   "SDL::Video::stop()" stops video playback

       o   "SDL::Video::rewind()" resets the clip to the beginning

       o   "SDL::Video::seek(offset)" seeks to a particular byte offset

       o   "SDL::Video::skip(time)" skips to a particular time

       o   "SDL::Video::region(rect)" takes a SDL::Rect and defines the display area

       o   "SDL::Video::frame(int)" renders a specific frame to the screen

       o   "SDL::Video::info()" returns a new "SDL::MPEG" object reflecting the current status

       o   "SDL::Video::status()" returns either SMPEG_PLAYING or SMPEG_STOPPED or SMPEG_ERROR

AUTHOR

       David J. Goehrig

SEE ALSO

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perl v5.12.1							    2010-07-05							     SDL::Video(3)