I finally had to use 64 bit x264!

[Blue_MiSfit]

Well, I'm working on ripping my copy of Crank (BluRay), and was unable to allocate enough RAM for MDegrain2 and --preset placebo :devil:!

avs2yuv and 64 bit x264 to the rescue, and I'm happily chuggung away at a glacial pace. Good thing I don't care, since I'm out of town for a few days, and what better way to keep the place warm for my cat? ;)

Anyway - not much else to say. It worked well. Anyone else on Windows use x264 64 bit all the time? I feel pretty warm and fuzzy, considering that more of my 8gb of RAM is being used than usual!

~MiSfit

[CpT]

and I'm happily chuggung away at a glacial pace. Good thing I don't care, since I'm out of town for a few days, and what better way to keep the place warm for my cat? ;)
~MiSfit

Sounds like me when I run encodes on a dual core rig. "glacial pace" describes it well. Another good one is Seconds Per Frame lol...

I used to run vista 64 but went back to xp32 until win7 64 is fully avail.

[dstln]

I'm using x264 on full encodes now for the speedup (not even interested in the days to encode hd lol). Seems to be 10-20% faster than megui. Looking forward to my incoming q6700 though, will make it even less painful.

[CpT]

The Q8400's are only $169us on newegg now and they run a lot cooler. Less cache though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115057

[Selur]

I'm using Windows 7 pro 64bit and x264 64bit for some time now without a problem. :)

[CpT]

I'm using Windows 7 pro 64bit and x264 64bit for some time now without a problem. :)

Very good to know ;) I'm waiting for win7 64 bit atm. Very Excited! I ran the beta and rc's on a test box and had no major issues.
I gots tons of ram and can't wait to throw x264/sx264 at all of it on a 64 bit os wewt!

[dstln]

The Q8400's are only $169us on newegg now and they run a lot cooler. Less cache though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115057

Oh, I definitely wouldn't be getting a q6700 if my motherboard could support better. I have a e6320 right now and the q6600s/q6700s are seemingly discontinued, so I thought I may as well pounce now while the q6700s are still available and at somewhat reasonable prices.

Literally my only better options are certain quad extremes which probably run 600-1k per lol. So this should last a while and extend the life of this computer.

[dstln]

Very good to know ;) I'm waiting for win7 64 bit atm. Very Excited! I ran the beta and rc's on a test box and had no major issues.
I gots tons of ram and can't wait to throw x264/sx264 at all of it on a 64 bit os wewt!

It's very nice. I have a legit copy now. :P

I have gotten some bluescreens though, either related to soundcard or videocard drivers (gotta check the full log next time it happens), hoping for a quick update to fix the problem on retail release :-\ Haven't seen a bluescreen in ages, not in xp or vista so that's kinda disappointing but not really microsoft's fault. Everything else has been great though.

[CpT]

If you don't mind a little heat the q6600/6700 is a kick ars proc.

I still have a G0 q6600 with a waterblock strapped to it @ 400fsb-3.6ghz Its a great cpu. Just run's a little toasty w/o the wb ;)


I have gotten some bluescreens though, either related to soundcard or videocard drivers

My m-audio freaked out in vista 'direct sound issues or lack there of' and there were no drivers for win 7 when I tested. But the omega claro ran fine. I'm hoping m-audio will have win7 64 bit drivers sooooooooon.

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

I'm still kind of iffy about using the 64-bit x264 as I can't think of anything very useful for it yet. A little potential speed gain for a massive loss of avisynth filter options. Instead, I just run multiple encodes simultaneously to fill up some RAM :D.

But I've been running Win7 64-bit RC since May and I can't wait to re-nuke my comp for the retail. $30 student deal from Microsoft FTW.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

I'm still kind of iffy about using the 64-bit x264 as I can't think of anything very useful for it yet. A little potential speed gain for a massive loss of avisynth filter options. Instead, I just run multiple encodes simultaneously to fill up some RAM :D.

You don't loose any Avisynth options. You can even use 32-Bit Avisynth wit 64-Bit x264 via avs2yuv.

If you need a simple GUI, look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144140

But I've been running Win7 64-bit RC since May and I can't wait to re-nuke my comp for the retail. $30 student deal from Microsoft FTW.

As a student you should check whether your university participates in the MSDN-AA program. If so, you can get it for free!

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

You don't loose any Avisynth options. You can even use 32-Bit Avisynth wit 64-Bit x264 via avs2yuv.

If you need a simple GUI, look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144140


Ooh, awesome! I've seen some complicated-looking methods of using 32-bit filters for 64-bit encoding before, but this one is pretty straightfoward :). Love the simplicity. Using 2.6-2.7 gigs of memory with CRF 21, high profile, veryslow preset, and --rc-lookahead 250 so it's working beautifully.


As a student you should check whether your university participates in the MSDN-AA program. If so, you can get it for free!

Already placed my order a few days ago, dang!

[onesloth]

As a student you should check whether your university participates in the MSDN-AA program. If so, you can get it for free!

...and now.:)

[techouse]

I've been encoding on Vista x64 since I can remember. then last year, when x264 x64 finally saw the light for Windows, I startet using that, :)

[G_M_C]

Sounds like me when I run encodes on a dual core rig. "glacial pace" describes it well. Another good one is Seconds Per Frame lol...

I used to run vista 64 but went back to xp32 until win7 64 is fully avail.

Read this post: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1328675#post1328675

According to that he's running an 8-core Xeon rig.

So maybe we can stop pointing to cheap CPU's etc. As I understand the post ; The point was that he had use for more than 4(2) Gb of RAM for the first time hence the useful 64-bit.