Just Starting Out - PS3
Posted: 04 Jul 2012, 04:22
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I am just now getting started with linux on PS3 and need some advise. I'm somewhat of a newb to linux, but I can perform simple tasks like installing packages and configure/make/make install.
So here's the deal: I have a PS3 with 3.55 CFW on it which I will probably be converting to the OtherOS++ CFW. Next I understand that I need to choose a distro of Linux for my install, and what I'm going to be using it for might affect that.
Basically what I am hoping to do is setting up the PS3 as a media encoding server. I am currently using a quad-core PC to run FFMPEG to encode various videos and audio files, but the number of videos I need to convert is out growing the PC. Anyway, I would like to run ffmpeg on the PS3 to convert the videos, as I was hoping to take advantage of the CELL cpu.
As far as I can tell, there has not been any optimized version of ffmpeg created for this purpose, but I thought I might give it a shot anyways.
Any suggestions as to which distro I should be using? and which version of the recommended distro would be best suited? I have read that I would need a PowerPC version, is that true? Does the kernel see each SPU similar to the way it would see a "core" in a multi-core PC? Any other advise you might offer is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
I am just now getting started with linux on PS3 and need some advise. I'm somewhat of a newb to linux, but I can perform simple tasks like installing packages and configure/make/make install.
So here's the deal: I have a PS3 with 3.55 CFW on it which I will probably be converting to the OtherOS++ CFW. Next I understand that I need to choose a distro of Linux for my install, and what I'm going to be using it for might affect that.
Basically what I am hoping to do is setting up the PS3 as a media encoding server. I am currently using a quad-core PC to run FFMPEG to encode various videos and audio files, but the number of videos I need to convert is out growing the PC. Anyway, I would like to run ffmpeg on the PS3 to convert the videos, as I was hoping to take advantage of the CELL cpu.
As far as I can tell, there has not been any optimized version of ffmpeg created for this purpose, but I thought I might give it a shot anyways.
Any suggestions as to which distro I should be using? and which version of the recommended distro would be best suited? I have read that I would need a PowerPC version, is that true? Does the kernel see each SPU similar to the way it would see a "core" in a multi-core PC? Any other advise you might offer is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!