Facts and Fiction of GPU-Based H.264 Encoding

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 11, 2008 @02:33PM from the alamo-doesn't-have-a-basement dept.

notthatwillsmith writes "We've all heard a lot of big promises about how general-purpose GPU computing can greatly accelerate common tasks that are slow on the CPU — like H.264 video encoding. Maximum PC compared the GPU-accelerated Badaboom app to Handbrake, a popular CPU-based encoder. After testing a variety of workloads ranging from archival-quality DVD rips to transcodes suitable for play on the iPhone, Maximum PC found that while Badaboom is significantly faster than X264-powered Handbrake in a few tests that require video resizing, it simply can't compare to the X264-powered Handbrake for archival-quality DVD backups."

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Re:Clone DVD Mobile by Chris+Snook · 2008-09-11 16:17 · Score: 4, Funny

So you paid money for a GUI that selects command-line options?
I'm in the wrong line of work.

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Re:makes sense to me by khellendros1984 · 2008-09-12 07:28 · Score: 3, Funny

What are you talking about?!?! I do the audio equivalent all the time! I download 64kbps MP3 files, and reencode them to 320kbps to regain the quality! Screw information theory! I'm an audiophile, I can tell the difference!

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