I'm curious, does Handbrake max out your i7?
I have a 2009 8 core Mac Pro and Handbrake is still only utilizes about 50% processing power (120fps with Decomb on).
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Handbrake 0.9.4 Released.
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I'm curious, does Handbrake max out your i7?
I have a 2009 8 core Mac Pro and Handbrake is still only utilizes about 50% processing power (120fps with Decomb on).
If only Apple's Video Encoding apps were 64 bit.Handbrake has always been ahead of the curve.
I use Compressor more often than Handbrake for the simple fact that I can max out my system and encode BluRay movies in about 1 hour. Handbrake only utilizes about 50% of my processing power at any given time, for me it's too slow.
I had the same thing happen. I had to download the new 32 bit version of Handbrake. Still better but do not know if it is as fast as the 64 bit.
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You need to download the 64 bit version of VLC 1.02. The 64 bit version of VLC 1.03 doesn't exist yet.
Here's the link to VLC 1.0.2 64-bit. I went crawling through their FTP archives.
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.2/macosx/vlc-1.0.2-intel64.dmg
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.2/macosx/vlc-1.0.2-intel64.dmg
It took some digging around to find 64-bit VLC as well. It was on the Handbrake forums so I managed to find it too.
64-bit Handbrake is worth the boost you get. I like those extra frames.
64-bit Handbrake is worth the boost you get. I like those extra frames.
Sweet.
Can't wait to try this out.... thanks for the links for both the 64 bit version of Handbrake and for the VLC link.
Can't wait to try this out.... thanks for the links for both the 64 bit version of Handbrake and for the VLC link.
ok....
Pros...
It is faster. Used to get 25-35 FPS, now i get about 35-45.
Cons...
Took away console presets. Their website says the normal setting will work for xbox 360 and PS3. I don't have a PS3, but my Xbox 360 wont play either of the movies i encoded with the normal setting.
Pros...
It is faster. Used to get 25-35 FPS, now i get about 35-45.
Cons...
Took away console presets. Their website says the normal setting will work for xbox 360 and PS3. I don't have a PS3, but my Xbox 360 wont play either of the movies i encoded with the normal setting.
You need to rip the DVD to your HD first in order to fully use all your CPUs in a Mac Pro. The optical drive is the bottleneck here.
I get 80 - 120 FPS under the Normal preset with Decomb and Detelecine on my Core i5 750 with ripped discs.
I always rip everything to the HD. The 64bit version dose improve on the prior version, but it's barely noticeable on the pro. If Handbrake were to utilize 100% of my computer processing power, I would probably be able to encode a DVD in about 10 minutes at 250fps lol.
I think they explained quite well why they are tossing it: It's an obsolete format and the encoder wasn't well supported anyway. It looks like the HB devs are steering it to mainly be an H.264 encoder, with Matroska support on the side. Those two formats should cover most people's needs anyway. What are you using AVI for?
Ah ok I saw the notes now... But my ps3 only plays avi file, thats why I still use it...
Is anyone having issues with metax and files from the new handbrake? All of my videos have lost audio and video... just black screens.
What is the VLC 1.0.2 64-bit and what do I do with it? Running a quad-core processor with Win 7/64 Pro. Right now getting about 64FPS when ripping DVDs.
On OS X, it is required for de-CSS with the 64bit Handbrake.*
This isn't supported in the first place on Windows, so don't worry about it. For that matter, there doesn't even seem to be a 64bit Handbrake for Windows.
*More technical version: Handbrake uses a library called libdvdcss to decode the CSS protection on the DVD. On OS X, it borrows VLC's copy from /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib. This needs to be 64bit as well to work with 64bit Handbrake, and it is only 64bit if the copy of VLC is 64bit. For one reason or another, there is no precompiled 64bit binary of VLC 1.0.3, so to de-CSS with 64bit Handbrake, you must have a 64bit copy of VLC, which means the older 1.0.2 version.
64-bit for the Windows version of Handbrake is being considered for 0.9.5. I rip my discs first regardless.
I am really liking this HandBrake update. It really is faster, takes up less RAM and is overall better. I use HandBrake all the time and this just makes it better.