Fastest Lossless Video Codec for Transcoding

[lubczyk]

I have a lot of soft-subbed h.264 in mkv files that I want to hardsub so that i can view on my PS3. I obviously add borders and use textsub to compensate for overscan and make permanent subtitles.

The problem arises when I'm ready to transcode:

- Transcoding to x264 in lossless mode is way too slow - about 1 hour, 40 minutes for 24 minutes of video.

- WMV9 Advanced 100% VBR Mode is faster but still takes 50 minutes for 24 minutes of video.

So that leaves me with Divx 6 and Xvid. Do either of these codecs have a lossless mode? IF they do, how fast are they compared to WMV9 and x264?

Also, I'd like to avoid too many colorspace conversions if possible.

[Ajax_Undone]

The speed of encoding is usually based on the speed power of your system the latest codecs and height, width, Kbps, Mbps, CBR, ABR, Cropping, Audio, Software used to encode, Ext...

A lot of factors come into play when looking for the perfect encoding speed...

So to answer the Best codec for the job is the one that produces the best out put... I would go with x.264 CQ22 128kbps CBR using OGG in a mp4 or mkv container...

[Dark Shikari]

1. WMV9 isn't lossless.
2. Stop crossposting (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=135887).

[fight2win]

thanks