This is possibly a stupid question, but I want to use my video card to do by BluRay encoding instead of my CPU, as I think it would be a lot faster. Is there a list of programs that can do this? I think it's possible with AVIVO, but I can't seem to find anywhere to play videos with it, let alone encode.
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Using ATi video card to down-rip Blu-Rays
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mycomputersucks
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i'm curious about this as well.
I have an old system that is just kinda wasting space so i thought about making it a video encoder box. The problem being, it's old (see sig). Is there a way to push some of the load onto the weak gpu instead of weak cpu as it is now. iirc, my gpu has some enhanced mpeg playback features (i will be ripping and backing up my dvd collection, most likely into x264 mkv files)
I have an old system that is just kinda wasting space so i thought about making it a video encoder box. The problem being, it's old (see sig). Is there a way to push some of the load onto the weak gpu instead of weak cpu as it is now. iirc, my gpu has some enhanced mpeg playback features (i will be ripping and backing up my dvd collection, most likely into x264 mkv files)
Using the GPU to encode video is still a pipe dream. Yeah, a couple of programs can do it. But they have limited flexiblity from what I've read and produces lower quality than what the CPU is capable of for any video codec.
The H.264 or X.264 codec does not support GPU encoding. If that is the codec you want to encode your Blu-Rays with, then you will need to rely on your i7 to do the encoding. It is better that way.
Just forget about the GPU. Period.
The H.264 or X.264 codec does not support GPU encoding. If that is the codec you want to encode your Blu-Rays with, then you will need to rely on your i7 to do the encoding. It is better that way.
Just forget about the GPU. Period.
Here's a roundup of hardware accelerated video encoding apps. So they're not completely useless, but x264 still has an edge. Unfortunately, at this point in time, Nvidia's superior API (CUDA) and API support have earned it a larger following than AVIVO.
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/in...sk=view&id=732&Itemid=29&limit=1&limitstart=7
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/in...sk=view&id=732&Itemid=29&limit=1&limitstart=7
This product will use your 4870, not the CPU:
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/mediashow-espresso/overview_en_US.html
So will some of the others in the link I posted earlier in the thread.
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/mediashow-espresso/overview_en_US.html
So will some of the others in the link I posted earlier in the thread.
To OP, it seems that you need a software to do Bluray authoring (encode Bluray contents) with ATI Stream support. You can try PowerDirector 8, it supports both nVidia CUDA and ATi Stream.
Badaboom wont do you any good since it only supports CUDA.
sethk mentioned MediaShow Espresso. It does allow video encode for 1080p contents, and it also supports both CUDA and Stream, however it does not allow Bluray authoring, which wont allow you to make a Bluray disc or image.
I guess your best bet will be PowerDirector 8.
Badaboom wont do you any good since it only supports CUDA.
sethk mentioned MediaShow Espresso. It does allow video encode for 1080p contents, and it also supports both CUDA and Stream, however it does not allow Bluray authoring, which wont allow you to make a Bluray disc or image.
I guess your best bet will be PowerDirector 8.
mrorange43
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Here's another suggestion for avoiding the GPU when encoding.
An i7 is plenty fast, and x264 codec will give you the best quality.
This.
Your i7 920 (one overclocked at 4.0 GHz nonetheless) is more than capable of doing encoding and any other tasks you need it to perform. No need to use the GPU.
I agree on encoding, it won't mature for a while, but there is potential for huge performance gains.
However hardware accelerated decoding is fairly mature now, and it'd be cool to see an AviSynth (or DShow) decoder that could make use of it. Should gain you a fair amount of performance when re-encoding from an h.264 or VC-1 source. If there'd be a real performance gain after the overhead of GPU decoding, anyway...but I expect their would be. Most of the processing filters should be fairly easy to port to the GPU as well, so if you could do all the decoding and image processing on the GPU and then encode on the main CPU there are some real gains to be had.
However hardware accelerated decoding is fairly mature now, and it'd be cool to see an AviSynth (or DShow) decoder that could make use of it. Should gain you a fair amount of performance when re-encoding from an h.264 or VC-1 source. If there'd be a real performance gain after the overhead of GPU decoding, anyway...but I expect their would be. Most of the processing filters should be fairly easy to port to the GPU as well, so if you could do all the decoding and image processing on the GPU and then encode on the main CPU there are some real gains to be had.