DVDFab (UI/General) Distributed Computing for Encoding

[Bendit]

Divide the encoding load of one movie among several computers. A small client could be installed on other computers that would in turn process a "chunk" of data to be encrypted, then once done sent back to the master DVDFab computer.

Get the picture? Or am I insane?

[IPopov50]

Divide the encoding load of one movie among several computers.

Get the picture? Or am I insane?

Insane. There is enough hassle with load distribution between CPUs and GPUs... Quite frankly, today's computer with four cores in CPU and two cores in GPU is, in a sense 6 computers.

[Bendit]

Yes, 6 computers in one (but not really, only one front-side-bus). So imagine all that times 4 computers?

Your argument is flawed. Distributed Computing already exists for far more complex processes.

Got anything else?

[IPopov50]

For far more complex processes people these days using Tesla and Fermi (affordable supercomputers). Time for you to move to 2010

[GregiBoy]

Yes, it appears so!!!

Divide the encoding load of one movie among several computers. A small client could be installed on other computers that would in turn process a "chunk" of data to be encrypted, then once done sent back to the master DVDFab computer.

Get the picture? Or am I insane?

[Bendit]

Well, I still think it's a good idea. I am just misunderstood, like an artist.

[GregiBoy]

You could always cut your ear off like VVG!!!

[thisizbrian]

and mail it to some chick

[Complication]

There is already an open source project that does exactly this. The name escapes me but it allows you to easily setup a render farm.

I doubt DVDFab would entertain such an idea any time soon.

[Bendit]

"Render Farm". Sorry, but that sounds AWESOME!