Distributed MPEG-2 video encoding on Microsoft Windows platform

The MPEG-2 video standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) specifies the coded bit stream for high quality digital video. The encoding of MPEG-2 video needs a lot of processor power and mostly depends on the PC's processor and its clock speed. To makes the encoding process faster and better on the Microsoft Windows platform, a distributed computer system architecture can be implemented. By making use of the existing low cost PC inside computer laboratories with LAN, the video encoding processing can be divided to every PC that is idle and can fully utilize them. When each PC finishes the encoding process, the result is sent back to the main PC that distributes the job. Instead of doing the encoding job alone, distributing the whole encoding job to a few PC or more is much better and faster. It also saves a lot of time in carrying out such a heavy-duty process.