DVD-RB a&d Duel Core

[AndreLi]

Does DVD rebuild support duel core as in can it use both processors at the same time to lower the time on encoding.

[wmansir]

DVD-RB itself doesn't, but it doesn't use much processor time in any case. The majority is used by the encoders. So if the encoder you are using is multi-threaded then you are all set. If not the Pro version of DVD-RB can be set to launch multiple instances of an encoder to occupy both cores.

[AndreLi]

What the diff between the pro and free ver of dvd-rb also you may not know this but for any one out there what encoder that dvd-rb uses is able to use duel core.

[jptheripper]

cce is not

most others are

pro vs free is jdobbs deserves the money (plus added features)

[jdobbs]

What the diff between the pro and free ver of dvd-rb also you may not know this but for any one out there what encoder that dvd-rb uses is able to use duel core. The Pro Version includes a feature in which multiple encodes can take place at the same time for encoders that don't support multithreading (e.g. HC and QuEnc)-- so, yes, it does support dual processing in that manner. In fact I have had reports that when the "multiple encodes" option is selected using HC on a dual core processor it is very close to the same speed as CCE. I've also heard (but haven't proven it myself) that it gives a 30% increase in speed for ProCoder on a dual core system.

You can also see some of the features in the Pro Version that aren't in the freeware version at this link (www.jdobbs.com). There are lots of them.

[Darksoul71]

any one out there what encoder that dvd-rb uses is able to use duel core.
AutoQMatEnc is freeware, compatible with CCE2.6X and thus runs with DVD-RB (Free & Pro). It´s multithreaded and thus supports multiple cores / CPUs. You´ll find it here:
http://www.autoqmatenc.com/

Also DualDVDRB should be mentioned which enables DVD-RB Free to run dual instances of HCEnc. Have a look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=97961

[jdobbs]

Is AutoQMatEnc multithreaded? I thought the QMATOp part was, but since the encode itself uses LIBAVCODEC I though it was single threaded...

[Edit] Never mind. I just reviewed the README and it uses multithreading since version 0.32b

[AndreLi]

All these different codecs are confusing. Is there some where it has all codecs that DVD-RB use and it shows what is so special about them. Not a description where they say which is better than the other (cause I asked that on a privous post and got nothing) cause (I think) all codecs differ by what the user wants and how he/she want the end movie to look like.

Also I do plan on buying the right to use it cause people give jdobbs such praise for developing this software.

[jptheripper]

they are encoders, not codecs

and no one agrees on which is better, just try them all :)!

[A64]

Just a little test that I did with Procoder 2.04 in Mastering Quality on Windows XP Pro SP2 with 2Gb RAM (Patriot DDR400 2-3-2-5), Western Digital 400Gb SATA, Geforce 6600. Full DVD encode, 32-bit Simple MMX (XviD), Encode Time Only. No Overclocking.

S939 Motherboard= ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2
S754 Motherboard = ASRock K8NF4G-SATA2
S775 Motherboard = ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2

3800 X2 Dual Instance = 75 Minutes
3800 X2 Dual Instance on W2K Pro = 81 Minutes
3800 X2 Dual Instance on XP (1 Gb RAM Patriot DDR400 2-3-2-5) = 87 Minutes
3800 X2 Single Instance = 114 Minutes
Opteron 165 = 76 Minutes
Pentium D 805 = 113 Minutes (Patriot DDR2-533 CAS 4)
Opteron 150 = 103 Minutes
Turion MT-32 = 138 Minutes
S754 Venice 3200 = 112 Minutes
S754 Venice 3000 = 125 Minutes