CUDA and gfx cards

[juGGaKNot]

Hi again guys.

I have to do an article for a local site about cuda ( well about general GFX cards replacing the cpu ) and aplications so the natural thing to do is ask here right ?

So, any updates in speed and other factors here ?

How does cuda stand today decoding/encoding wise ?
I see on nvidia's site that more and more applications are joining ( adobe products )

Does cuda help ? does working with bold effects run smoother ?

Are there advantages to cuda now ?

I have to end this by saying that i have'nt read much about it since last year so don't take me to "hard".

THNX in advance.

Cheers.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Some products you may be interested in are:
* CoreCodec's CoreAVC (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104277)
* Elemental Technologies' Badaboom Media Converter (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=136847)
* Cyberlink's PowerDirector 7 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145828)

[juGGaKNot]

Some products you may be interested in are:
* CoreCodec's CoreAVC (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104277)
* Elemental Technologies' Badaboom Media Converter (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=136847)
* Cyberlink's PowerDirector 7 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145828)

Thank you, actually i'm more interested in Adobe products to be honest :P
But what i want to ask is : is it worth it ?

LE : now i see that you pasted the doom9 discutions, i will read them.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

I recently read an article that Adobe doesn't use GPGPU yet. They use the GPU in PhotoShop and Reader only to accelerate the display, but not for image processing!

On MacOS there is the "Core Image" library which does use the GPU for real-time image processing and many Mac applications make use of that...

[juGGaKNot]

I recently read an article that Adobe doesn't use GPGPU yet. They use the GPU in PhotoShop and Reader only to accelerate the display, but not for image processing!

On MacOS there is the "Core Image" library which does use the GPU for real-time image processing and many Mac applications make use of that...

K, to sum it up, its to early to tell right ? ( for windows users at least )

I'm reviewing vReveal (http://www.vreveal.com/), it looks k for amators but only supports a vertical resolution of 576 ( DV and phone camera footage right ) but a HD version will come in the future.

[tre31]

Don't forget neuron2's great apps - dgavcdec and dgmpgdecnv, both use CUDA's interface too purevideo2.

[juGGaKNot]

Don't forget neuron2's great apps - dgavcdec and dgmpgdecnv, both use CUDA's interface too purevideo2.

I read a bit, used for decoding only no ? i'm interested in programs speed boost mainly, encoding is better using x264 right ( as far as i know )

[tre31]

I read a bit, used for decoding only no ? i'm interested in programs speed boost mainly, encoding is better using x264 right ( as far as i know )

Uh huh, those programs are used in combination with avisynth too decode frames (and use various de-interlacing methods) which then can be sent too encoders. Actually its very related too encoding, I think you should learn a little bit more about your subject matter first before dismissing things.

As for gpgpu and video encoding, it's not where it could be, perhaps it may get there - currently it's ok for low quality mobile h264 - but not much more. The adobe solution's use gpgpu for filtering - which is image processing, not really encoding at all.

Anyway there is plenty of info on these forum's about it all, do a search...

[juGGaKNot]

Uh huh, those programs are used in combination with avisynth too decode frames (and use various de-interlacing methods) which then can be sent too encoders. Actually its very related too encoding, I think you should learn a little bit more about your subject matter first before dismissing things.

As for gpgpu and video encoding, it's not where it could be, perhaps it may get there - currently it's ok for low quality mobile h264 - but not much more. The adobe solution's use gpgpu for filtering - which is image processing, not really encoding at all.

Anyway there is plenty of info on these forum's about it all, do a search...

I'm not dismissing anything yet, that is you i asked.

Thanks, now i know what to look for.

Admin, you can close it.

Cheers all.