Video Encoding using GPU

[Collider]

Is it faster or at all possible to convert video files using GPU?

 

[KingFatty]

Yes, there is a driver available directly from AMD, their drag-n-drop video recoder that uses the GPU. It should work great on your 5850:

AMD Media Codec Package (Previously known as the Avivo(TM) Package)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/eyespeed_downloads.aspx

 

[Imouto]

You can't achieve x264 quality anyways.

 

[Phynaz]

I've never heard of x264 quality. I've heard of the x264 encoding method.

 

[MangoX]

X264 is the best software encoder for H264, is highly multithreaded, and it's free too. In terms of video quality it's unmatched.

 

[Phynaz]

I know what x264 is. What it isn't is a way measuring quality.

 

[nenforcer]

BadaBoom from Elemental Technologies is optimized for nVidia CUDA GPU's

http://badaboomit.com/

and comes with a 30 day / 30 encoding free trial.

 

[Collider]

Yes, there is a driver available directly from AMD, their drag-n-drop video recoder that uses the GPU. It should work great on your 5850:

AMD Media Codec Package (Previously known as the Avivo(TM) Package)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/eyespeed_downloads.aspx

Great thanks for pointing this out.

I ran the install but the exe is nowhere to be found... how do you run this thing?

 

[Phynaz]

It's in CCC under video

 

[Joseph F]

Don't even bother with the CCC integrated video encoder, it's absolute garbage.
You're much better-off with being patient and using x264/Handbrake.

 

[Collider]

It's in CCC under video

the only thing that I see there is an option to turn on hardware acceleration, no way to actually load/convert files, tried basic/advanced modes - nothing...

 

[Collider]

Don't even bother with the CCC integrated video encoder, it's absolute garbage.
You're much better-off with being patient and using x264/Handbrake.

Been using handbrake but it takes forever to convert HD content ..

 

[BD231]

Media coder x64 is free and should work in tandem with your gpu/cpu, best GPU encoding app I've found to date. Bit rate is everything as far as quality goes, GPU's make for some terrible picture quality at lower bit rates but at higher bit rates you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference from a CPU encode.

A single GPU won't be any faster than your i7 though.

 

[Collider]

Media coder x64 is free and should work in tandem with your gpu/cpu, best GPU encoding app I've found to date. Bit rate is everything as far as quality goes, GPU's make for some terrible picture quality at lower bit rates but at higher bit rates you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference from a CPU encode.

A single GPU won't be any faster than your i7 though.

Their site only mentions support for SandyBridge & CUDA, I'm on x58 and ati