[FFmpeg-user] Performance issue/question (maybe my misunderstanding)

[Roger Pack]

> The source file has a size of 2.5 GB and is an one hour video captured
> from our local cable network. This is not too big I think to get a big
> influence from disk speed. But in my opinion it does not explain why
> aren't the difference in speed between both machine are so small.

You could try using x264's binary [?] and/or mencoder and see if they
have similar attributes.
Also maybe try compiling it with:
--arch=native
possibly...
-r