09-03-2013
It's really hard to say without knowing what software you're using, or even what operating system you're using. The difference between 'user' and 'nice' is priority, somehow the software encoding is being run at low priority.
You should consider user + system + nice, though I'd assume video encoding would be almost completely user-time cpu computation, with only a little time spent in the kernel for I/O.
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playdv
PLAYDV(1) General Commands Manual PLAYDV(1)
NAME
playdv - display digital video streams on screen
SYNOPSIS
playdv [ options ] file
DESCRIPTION
playdv reads in DV-encoded video data from file and displays it on screen.
-v, --version
show playdv version number.
--disable-audio
skip audio decoding.
--disable-video
skip video decoding.
-n, --num-frames=count
stop playing after count frames.
--dump-frames=pattern
save a PPM image of each frame to an individual file. pattern determines the file names and may be given in printf-style taking one
numeric argument that gets replaced with the current frame number. Like capture%05d.ppm for files capture00001.ppm, cap-
ture00002.ppm, etc. Use - to stream the frames to stdout.
--no-mmap
don't use mmap for reading (useful for pipes).
-l, --loop-count=count
loop playback count= times, 0 for infinite.
Audio Output Options
--audio-device=devicename
target audio device; e.g. /dev/dsp, which is also the default.
--audio-file=file
send raw decoded audio stream to file, skipping audio ioctls.
--audio-mix=(-16 .. 16)
mixing level of 4 channel audio for 32KHz 12bit. 0 [default]. -16 selects second channel, 16 selects first channel.
Video Output Options
-d, --display=(0|1|2|3)
method used to display video data on screen: 0=autoselect [default], 1=gtk, 2=Xv, 3=SDL. Xv is usually the fastest but requires
XFree86 version 4.0 or higher with XVideo extensions.
--aspect=(n|w|normal|wide)
video display aspect ratio (for Xv only): n=normal 4:3, w=wide 16:9 . Not all window manager support resizing at fixed aspect
ratio. If they do, resizing is done at fixed aspect ratio.
--size=(10 .. 100)
initial scaleing percentage (for Xv only): 10 <= n <= 100.
Decoder Options
-V, --video-system=(0|1|2|3)
sets the video standard of the incoming DV data: 0=autoselect [default], 1=525/60 4:1:1 (NTSC), 2=625/50 4:2:0 (PAL,IEC 61834 DV),
3=625/50 4:1:1 (PAL,SMPTE 314M DV). Autoselect usually works fine. Only use this option if you know what you are doing.
Video Decode Options
-q, --quality=(1|2|3)
quality level of desired video decoding. The process of decoding DV data is split into several steps. Each additional step
enhances output quality, but of course also slows down decoding. If your machine is too slow to keep up an interactive frame rate,
you might want to decrease this number: 1=DC and no ACs, 2=DC and single-pass for ACs, 3=DC and multi-pass for ACs [default].
-m, --monochrome
skip decoding of color blocks. Another way to speed up the decoding process.
Audio Decode Options
-f, --frequency=(0|1|2|3)
frequency of audio data in the input stream: 0=autodetect [default], 1=32 kHz, 2=44.1 kHz, 3=48 kHz.
-Q, --quantization=(0|1|2)
dynamic range of audio data in the input stream: 0=autodetect [default], 1=12 bit, 2=16bit.
-e, --emphasis=(0|1|2)
first-order preemphasis of 50/15 us: 0=autodetect [default], 1=on, 2=off.
Help Options
-?, --help
Show help message. Use this command to get a brief description of available options.
--usage
Display brief usage message.
SEE ALSO
dvconnect(1),dubdv(1),encodedv(1).
AVAILABILITY
See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.
AUTHORS
playdv was written by Charles 'Buck' Krasic <krasic@acm.org> and Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>.
This manual page is based on playdv's help message and was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system
(but may be used by others).
January 2003 PLAYDV(1)