Thanks Bruno. I had read a couple of reviews about the speed increases
over 8.0 but I just wanted to see what someone else thought.
Mark
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Mark Santora
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On 8/15/2012 6:44 AM, editbruboy wrote:
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> Mark,
>
> The biggest difference is the use of multiple cores to speed up the
> encoding. I did some tests on a HPXW8400 (dual, quad core)to create an
> H264 MP4 file using 2 pass VBR. Although I could see version 8 using
> all the cores to some degree, v8.5 seems much more efficient, maxing
> out all cores to about 95% during the first pass and about 70% on the
> second pass. I can also see that it initially creates eight temporary
> files before combining them to make one finished file. The upshot of
> all this is that to squeeze a 15 minute 1080i DNXHD file exported SAS
> out of Avid took nearly 4 times real-time with version 8 but only just
> over 1 times real-time with 8.5. I'm told there is also additional
> acceleration available if you have a CUDA based card (such as the
> Nvidia 2000 or 4000) but I didn't test this out.
>
> Bruno
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Mark Santora <mrsantora@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Running 8.0 and wondering about upgrading to 8.5. It's only $100, but
> > I'm just wondering if it's worth it.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark Santora
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mark Santora
> > http://www.marksantora.com
> >
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