any software to accelerate video encoding?

[tomos]

on ATi cards? (5770)?

i've heard something about win7 offering GPU encoding to transcode vids for ipod/zune or something.

I'm encoding some HD vids off my camcorder and need something to speed it up.

 

[Freddie1980]

I thought you could encode video via ATI Stream technology, I believe it's a separate install from the main drivers.

 

[tomos]

tried that on the 4000 series and it's crap. hardly any options and won't support avs scripts which means its useless personally. i need to deinterlace my video and add some filters (via avi synth) since the cam i have encodes as interlaced. only TFF but still.

i've just read up on powerdirector - anyone used that?

 

[ViRuS2k]

encode all your video files to dvd with convertx2dvd v4 best software ever
and its i7 8 core compatible

 

[tomos]

ahh, but it's a HD source so i'm encoding to AVC video

converting to DVD would be a major quality loss

 

[Nuwidol]

The only software I've used that uses your video card to speed things up is MediaShow Espresso. TBH though I'm not that impressed. It has a very basic UI & not many options to play around with.

Review here

 

[tomos]

yeah, gonna give it a shot.

 

[tomos]

tried it. no options really. quality was also poop 13mbit (fixed - wtf!) and it's blocky.