ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding - Club CDFreaks

*Kenshin* · 05-11-2005

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1880669,00.asp

Avivo Transcode

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So how fast is it? We shouldn't get into serious benchmarks while the application is in such an early state, but just to give you a taste of the numbers, we ran a few tests. Our test machine was an Athlon 64 X2 4800+ with 1 GB of very low latency RAM and a Radeon X1800 XT graphics card. We encoded a test clip from the movie The Rock,—a4-minute and 50-second clip that tends to be very tough on encoders. It's the same one we use in our CPU benchmarks.

Encoding this nearly 5-minute clip, at DVD resolution, takes about 2 minutes 17 seconds with DivX 6, with single-pass encoding at 1 megabit. Windows Media Encoder can produce a high-quality single-pass transcode to WMV9 at 1 megabit in about 4:35. Windows Movie Maker 2 takes a few quality shortcuts to produce a DVD resolution clip at 1.5 megabits in 2:05. That's all pretty good: This is, after all, one of the fastest CPUs money can buy, paired with very fast RAM.

How fast does ATI's new Avivo Transcode app get it done? Try 24 seconds! Okay, that's "give or take a second," because the MPEG-4 profile finished a 1-megabit encode in 23 seconds, the MPEG-2 and Windows Media Video 9 profiles were done in 24, and the DVD profile at 6 megabits finished in 25 seconds. That's all at the default full resolution, too. Crunching down the output resolution by choosing the "WMV9 for PMC (Portable Media Center)" profile at 700 kilobits per second completed the job in 17 seconds.

I thought this had more to do with HDTV and storage media for HDTV-quality than gaming hardware.

*_chef_* · 05-11-2005

The mpeg4/HDTV hardware capabilities of these new cards still need to be proved...

*Kenshin* · 06-11-2005

Hm. The article is not a theory but reports test results.

*_chef_* · 06-11-2005

That's true, but 'Ive still not seen many tests or reviews about them at all.

Did you?

*Kenshin* · 07-11-2005

Not many, because it's quite new. You probably wanted to mean you want to see more proofs. If ATI can do it, Nvidia can't be too far behind.

*_chef_* · 07-11-2005

Yep, exactly. Currently ATI is ahead with it's new range of X1x00 cards.

*lui_gough* · 07-11-2005

I really wanna see an affordable hardware H264 codec support 1080i HD video at 25/30fps ......

*Kenshin* · 09-11-2005

X1800 seems too expensive, but X1300 costs much lower. (US$500 vs. US$120.)

*_chef_* · 10-11-2005

I'm waiting for the X1600, should be released soon here in europe (hope, hope, hope).

*Kenshin* · 11-11-2005

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Video+Cards

Just 99.99 USDs including shipping.

*_chef_* · 11-11-2005

The Pro/XT/XL model of course, that's what I meant.

*Kenshin* · 11-11-2005

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Originally Posted by Kenshin

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Video+Cards

Just 99.99 USDs including shipping.

No fan, even better.

Ranmacanada · 21-11-2005

ha awesome now I know where all those ancient passive first generation pentium heatsinks have gone to! But on a side note, is this app actually doing the encoding through the cards "specially created HDTV chip" or is it just using the GPU?

*Kenshin* · 24-11-2005

Maybe both, I don't know for sure. Do you mean Pentium 60 and 66MHz or Pentium 75MHz? Pentium 75, 100, and 120MHz had cooling fans. I don't think any 486 processors had fans. Can't remember about Pentium Pro and Pentium 60/66.

05-11-2005	#2 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,950	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding The mpeg4/HDTV hardware capabilities of these new cards still need to be proved... __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

06-11-2005	#3 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding Hm. The article is not a theory but reports test results. __________________ Kill Confucius

06-11-2005	#4 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,950	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding That's true, but 'Ive still not seen many tests or reviews about them at all. Did you? __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

07-11-2005	#5 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding Not many, because it's quite new. You probably wanted to mean you want to see more proofs. If ATI can do it, Nvidia can't be too far behind. __________________ Kill Confucius

07-11-2005	#6 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,950	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding Yep, exactly. Currently ATI is ahead with it's new range of X1x00 cards. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

07-11-2005	#7 (permalink)
lui_gough CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: .au/sydney Posts: 1,025	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding I really wanna see an affordable hardware H264 codec support 1080i HD video at 25/30fps ...... __________________ Drives I Own (and are in use in one of my many computers): - 3x BenQ DW1640 - 2x Pioneer DVR-111L - LG 4163B - Liteon SOHW-1633@1653s - Nu-Tech DDW-082 - Liteon 166s - Pioneer 120S - BenQ 1650s - LG GCE-8523B - Liteon LTR-5224 - BenQ 5224W - Liteon SOSW-852S - Philips DVD+-RW SDVD8820 - Ricoh MP7163A - Asus CD-S500/A

09-11-2005	#8 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding X1800 seems too expensive, but X1300 costs much lower. (US$500 vs. US$120.) __________________ Kill Confucius

10-11-2005	#9 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,950	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding I'm waiting for the X1600, should be released soon here in europe (hope, hope, hope). __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

11-11-2005	#10 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Video+Cards Just 99.99 USDs including shipping. __________________ Kill Confucius

11-11-2005	#11 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,950	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding The Pro/XT/XL model of course, that's what I meant. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

21-11-2005	#13 (permalink)
Ranmacanada CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 86	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding ha awesome now I know where all those ancient passive first generation pentium heatsinks have gone to! But on a side note, is this app actually doing the encoding through the cards "specially created HDTV chip" or is it just using the GPU?

24-11-2005	#14 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Re: ATI X1000 and HD to MPEG-4 encoding Maybe both, I don't know for sure. Do you mean Pentium 60 and 66MHz or Pentium 75MHz? Pentium 75, 100, and 120MHz had cooling fans. I don't think any 486 processors had fans. Can't remember about Pentium Pro and Pentium 60/66. __________________ Kill Confucius

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