Anybody use amarok for video podcasts?

[Colin Guthrie]

Jeff Simpson wrote:
>>> Does anyone else use amarok for video podcasts? Reason I ask is that
>>> when I load a video as a podcast, it is REALLY slow, even when the
>>> file is local. If I copy the same video file directly to the iPod,
>>> it's really fast.
>>>
>> slow doing what? playback, transfer, list updating, interface, etc.
> 
> The file transfer is slow, but a direct copy of the file to the iPod
> is fast. Night and day difference between them - copying a file
> directly takes seconds, letting Amarok do it with a podcast takes at
> least 10-15 minutes per file.

Is Amarok (or rather the media device interface layer)
resampling/rencoding the video for your iPod when it perhaps doesn't
need to? I don't own any such device or do any video podcasting so just
a wild stab in the dark!

Col