Multi-Threaded Applications

[Thund3rball]

Handbrake FTW! I really like this app, even moreso on the Mac as it'll go from DVD --> iPod in one step. :)

[lowfat]

Originally Posted by Thund3rball

Handbrake FTW! I really like this app, even moreso on the Mac as it'll go from DVD --> iPod in one step. :)

I find it quite a bit faster for OSX as well, but my current mac is considerably less powerful than my windows based desktop.

[Chilly]

Originally Posted by lowfat

Ya that looks way confusing. Have you tried handbrake? The advanced options gives a considerable amount of control.

Confusing for a new user/someone who's never used it perhaps, but not to me.

The difference is equivalent to this, x264 = Assembly, megui using x264 = C, handbrake = Java/C#, badaboom = Visual Basic

The lower down the chain you go, the easier it is to use, but you lose control, efficiency, and at times, quality. The higher up you go, the harder it is to use, but the more control, better efficiency, quality and performance you can get.

Give me 5 minutes with the latest custom build of x264(and MeGui to double check my settings), and I can produce an encode that will finish faster, at a smaller size, and better quality, than anything you can do with handbrake, badaboom(well maybe not faster than badaboom, but defenatly better quality and size) and etc.

That's not to say Handbrake isn't bad, if you don't need studio quality encodes, its just fine for personal use. I'd have to double check but I'd be willing to bet handbrake, at its core, based around x264 anyways.

[CMetaphor]

Perhaps you could write up a quick how-to for the use what you just explained in your last post Chilly?

[TopDogZero]

i find MediaCoder to be one of the best I have used so far. You can use a wizard or you can go advance with a ton of options, can also do video enhancements for lower quality videos during encoding and change the extension of the output files (useful for some mobile players like Samsung's .SVI extension), it only supports dual core at the moment I believe.

MediaCoder - more than a universal audio/video transcoder

[Gellidius]

I just found out (don't use it very often) that Tuneup Utilities' Shredder is multi threading.

It just 2 pass-shredded a 3GB file in about 10 mins on my pc.


(Moderator, if it's not multi threading, just delete this post.)

[4DoorGTZ]

Sony's Vegas video editing suite is multi-threadded, also has support for distributed rendering over networked computers.

[lowfat]

That ffdshow link is REALLY old

This is the one you want
ffdshow

[lowfat]

That ffdshow link is REALLY old

This is the one you want
ffdshow

[Gellidius]

I looked at some fractals on the net recently and have become interested.
There is one program that is multi threaded: Ultra Fractal.

this is an excerpt from the site:
"Ultra Fractal will run on any Pentium-class processor, but Core Duo, Pentium M, Pentium 4, or AMD Athlon processors are recommended for best performance. Ultra Fractal 5 will seamlessly take advantage of multi-core and multi-processor systems, so this is definitely recommended."

Ultra Fractal: Advanced Fractal Animation Software

a good source for seeing fractals is here:Browsing deviantART

Note: have a look at the "fractal" thread in the Graphic cards section of this site. there's a program that uses CUDA capable GPU's.