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Which Open Source Video Apps Use SMP Effectively?

Posted by kdawson on from the on-the-one-core-on-the-other-core dept.

ydrol writes "After building my new Core 2 Quad Q6600 PC, I was ready to unleash video conversion activity the likes of which I had not seen before. However, I was disappointed to discover that a lot of the conversion tools either don't use SMP at all, or don't balance the workload evenly across processors, or require ugly hacks to use SMP (e.g. invoking distributed encoding options). I get the impression that open source projects are a bit slow on the uptake here? Which open source video conversion apps take full native advantage of SMP? (And before you ask, no, I don't want to pick up the code and add SMP support myself, thanks.)"

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  1. I know this is wrong to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But I actually really hope the person who "asked Slashdot" this dies in a fire. Honestly. Is Google THAT broken these days?

    Yes, this is a troll. Mark it as such and feel the peace. I don't mean to "troll" as such, I don't care for replies. I just reiterate my first sentence. Fire, die in one. Use your God/creation given brain next time.

  2. Lazy much? by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    (And before you ask, no, I don't want to pick up the code and add SMP support myself, thanks.)

    Tell you what...why don't you FedEx your videos to a developer and ask him to do it for you? I'm sure they'd be happy to help a nice, polite, motivated person like yourself.

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    Stasis is death. Embrace change.