[MEncoder-users] MEncoder is so sweet but...

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Wednesday, 17 October 2007 at 22:12, Ruvil wrote:
> Hello!
> I just started using mencoder and i really love it but the only thing i 
> dont like is that i'ts so slow when its encoding. I have tried the 
> :threads=2 option and -priority high option but i still only get about 
> 50 fps when im encoding first pass with xvid (I should at least get 
> around 80 fps) and only 20-25 fps with 2nd pass (at least 60-70 here). I 
> use an AMD x2 3800+ f.y.i.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea  how i can solve the problem and get my 80 
> fps?

Why do you think you should get 80fps? Encoding speed depends on all
kinds of things.

> I think i read somwhere that MEncoder does not support dualcore 
> processors... why and when will that supported?

Multi-threaded encoding is already supported for some codecs, although it
comes with a small quality penalty. RTFM.

Regards,
R.

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