08 Oct 2006 2339H

Using Xgrid to improve DVD rips and encodes

There’s a distinct possibility that I could speed up the process of converting the raw DVD file into an AVI by using Xgrid. For those not in the know, Xgrid is a mechanism built into OS X Tiger which allows a Mac to harness the power of other Macs in the same network to enable parallel computing tasks. You could think of it as your own personal SETI@Home or Folding@Home, except, used to do computationally intensive tasks of comparatively less socially redeeming value, like, rendering a 3D scene, or in this case, speeding up the processing of video from one form to another. In this case, I’d set up the AlBook as the host and have it borrow clock cycles from my TiBook and, if I had another computer, like a MacMini, that one as well. I know there’s an app already out there called VisualHub that’s supposed to take advantage of Xgrid, but I haven’t seen anything about performance on that.

I have a crapload of reading to catch up on including some very new texts in interaction design. Instead, I ran very quickly through Unstuck, by Yamashita and Spataro today and will give a brief review of it in a soon-forthcoming post.

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