Multi-threaded video processor

[Traxan]

I use the free version of TMPGEnc for video processing -- things like trimming files, noise reduction, etc. It's not multithreaded, and now that I'm packing a i7-860, I want to put all 8 threads to work. Can anyone recommend a good threaded video editor? Preferably free.

 

[Modelworks]

Free might be a problem.

Most of the software out there that uses SMP for edits is pro software. The free stuff usually only does multiple cores on the encoding parts not the edits.

One thing I can suggest that will make edits easier is to convert your content to a non compressed format. One of the reasons editing is so slow for some people is because they are using compressed formats. Not much software, not even pro software, handles editing compressed content well. In a studio the content is stored uncompressed .

MS has released movie maker an upgrade to the old video editor they had before. Never used it and don't know if it uses all cores but free to try:
http://download.live.com/moviemaker

Blender is one option, though it can be hard to learn.
http://www.blender.org/
It has a full featured video editor and runs on multiple OS and uses all your cores.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Sequencer

Virtualdubmod is another, but you need to have the files in a format it can work with.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod/

Keep your eye on this site for something coming soon:
http://www.editshare.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=203


Lightworks is a editing program that was sold direct to studios and used in hundreds of films and they are taking it open source. Normally it would cost $14-20K to license it for 1 user.

 

[txlonghorn]

One thing I can suggest that will make edits easier is to convert your content to a non compressed format.

Any free converter suggestion for converting AVCHD (m2ts) -> AVI?

 

[Ken g6]

...And then there's AviSynth. AviSynth turns video editing into programming. Sounds counterproductive, I'm sure, but it works well.

There's an add-on called MT for AviSynth that's supposed to make it multi-threaded; but I never had a lot of luck with it. I've had more luck with its TcpClient/TcpServer functions, piping work between instances each running different functions.

But finding enough work for 8 cores working with MPEG2 will be really hard. Finding enough for more than 2 is hard unless you're doing multiple encoding jobs at once.

 

[Emulex]

tmpgenc the latest is multithreaded with toshiba and cuda support. a sad old pentium dual core with a toshiba encoder card and a small CUDA compatible vid card would smoke that new rig you have since it makes use of both simultaneously on the 2 threads.