apple silicon video converter?

[A_Flying_Panda]

is there any video converter there that supports apple silicon? I want to convert some 4k videos into 1080p.

thanks.

 

[andyr77]

Also interested

 

[handymanuk]

Handbrake 1.4 beta?

Release 1.4.0 Beta Universal Binary for macOS · HandBrake/HandBrake

We are pleased to announce Universal Binaries for macOS supporting both Apple's Intel Macs and the all-new Apple Silicon Macs. Our development snapshot builds have now also been updated to be Unive...

github.com

 

[PortoMavericks]

Apple Compressor?

 

[calstanford]

Quicktime?

 

[lederermc]

I'm interested in knowing if videotoolbox (hardware compression) is supported in FFMPEG and or Handbrake on Apple Silicon.

 

[Scarpad]

Do these new MacBooks still use the T2 chip? Handbrake used to short it for faster encodes, how does the M1 effect this?

 

[FreeWoRLD83]

Do these new MacBooks still use the T2 chip? Handbrake used to short it for faster encodes, how does the M1 effect this?

M1 does that now. There is no T2 in the new MacBooks

 

[Scarpad]

Ah I didn’t catch that in the presentation tganks

 

[lederermc]

M1 does that now. There is no T2 in the new MacBooks

Are there any benchmarks on hardware compression of h265 on M1 chip?

 

[labyrinth153]

1080p 30 Big Buck Bunny. H265 hardware encoder. QF 80. Average of 169fps.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Handbrake using VideoToolbox as the encoder is just as fast on M1 Mini as on my 16" MacBook Pro.

 

[labyrinth153]

I can test 4k files etc if wanted.

 

[AAPLGeek]

1080p 30 Big Buck Bunny. H265 hardware encoder. QF 80. Average of 169fps.

Impressive. Did that ramp up the fan at all?

 

[labyrinth153]

I haven’t noticed any sound from it since I got it.

 

[JimmyjamesEU]

I can test 4k files etc if wanted.

Yes please. 8 and 10 bit if possible.

 

[hawkeye_a]

1080p 30 Big Buck Bunny. H265 hardware encoder. QF 80. Average of 169fps.

Can you post the results you got with an intel mac, for some reference?

Cheers

PS> I wonder how the M1 throttles with long-running-tasks.

 

[scatopie]

I think you should be able to do it with DaVinci Resolve. It's a free video editing software, and I believe 4k falls in the free version.

 

[workerbee]

1080p 30 Big Buck Bunny. H265 hardware encoder. QF 80. Average of 169fps.

Thanks for the screenshot (but no thanks for making me think even more of selling my 16" and getting a M1 Air ?).
I'm wondering: are VideoToolbox-encoded h265 files still either double the size or half the quality of software-encoded ones, or are there finally some usable settings with M1/Big Sur/HandBrake?

 

[labyrinth153]

Thanks for the screenshot (but no thanks for making me think even more of selling my 16" and getting a M1 Air ?).
I'm wondering: are VideoToolbox-encoded h265 files still either double the size or half the quality of software-encoded ones, or are there finally some usable settings with M1/Big Sur/HandBrake?

I'll run any tests I can. So far my takeaway is that it is impressive for what it is. It is much faster than my 2015 maxed out iMac.

I have it in storage but I might get to run some tests off of it before I transfer the rest of my data and sell it.

Here is x264 super hq preset run with rosetta vs running native arm.

 

[labyrinth153]

I ran an encode at QF 60 and it was about half the size of the original source, and had the same level of quality. Using the default settings in quicktime (instead of handbrake) was much better and way smaller.

 

[hawkeye_a]

@labyrinth153 What machine is your M1 Mac?

i’m very curious about how the MacBookAir performs when it starts throttling.

 

[labyrinth153]

@labyrinth153 What machine is your M1 Mac?

i’m very curious about how the MacBookAir performs when it starts throttling.

It's the m1 mac mini, 16gb, 2tb. I haven't noticed any throttling or fans. I haven't done any long benchmarks on it. I am going to do a massive video encode soon though.

 

[winna]

I'll run any tests I can. So far my takeaway is that it is impressive for what it is. It is much faster than my 2015 maxed out iMac.

I have it in storage but I might get to run some tests off of it before I transfer the rest of my data and sell it.

Here is x264 super hq preset run with rosetta vs running native arm.

Care to test some more encoding?

 

[labyrinth153]

Care to test some more encoding?

Anything in particular? Sorry I have been at work so have not run any tests.