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eliehass · eliehass #1 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 02:15 PM

I could be wrong (maybe its just the programs I used) but converting video files on my mbp is soooo much faster than it was on windows! Files that took HOURS on windows I can convert in MINUTES!!!! I'm loving this!!!!!!

giulio · giulio #2 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 02:46 PM

It depends on the program, too. For instance, ffmpeg is much faster than handbrake.

eliehass · eliehass #3 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 02:56 PM

im using isquint

Zoolook · Zoolook #4 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 02:57 PM

Handbrake just got an upgrade... MPEG4 conversions are 4x quicker than previously.

giulio · giulio #5 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 04:21 PM

I dl'ed handbrake yesturday, v0.9.1
I've never tried iSquint though.

Zoolook · Zoolook #6 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by giulio

I dl'ed handbrake yesturday, v0.9.1
I've never tried iSquint though.

Is ffmepg still faster than Handbrake?

giulio · giulio #7 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 10:15 PM

I found it very much faster. ffmpeg took about 30 mins. handbrake took 4 hours. This was transcoding 1GB VOB from an unprotected DVD to a MP4.

For some reason, ffmpegX was not converting the last 5 seconds. I've never seen that happen before. And I suspect it was becuase the person who made the DVD did not do so correctly. So I tried handbrake. And it worked. Took a hella long time though haha. And QT chokes and spits on the resulting MP4. Very hard to work with. But finally I was able to chop up the clip into smaller clips and export to another MP4 for importing into YouTube. WHEW.

eliehass · eliehass #8 (**permalink**)

10-11-2007, 08:15 PM

how does isquint compare to handbrake and ffmpeg?

Ghostshadow · Ghostshadow #9 (**permalink**)

10-12-2007, 02:19 AM

Visual hub FTW!!!

handbrake is nice as well, but I prefer visual hub most of the time.

Del · Del #10 (**permalink**)

10-12-2007, 03:46 AM

Had a go on my mates all new imac 2.4ghz and that thing positively flies compared to my macbook 1.83ghz, video conversion times and encoding times are sooooo much shorter on the imac

eliehass #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 850 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5(3.6 GHz) 8 GB RAM, MBP C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 4 GB RAM, MB C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 2 GB RAM	10-10-2007, 02:15 PM I could be wrong (maybe its just the programs I used) but converting video files on my mbp is soooo much faster than it was on windows! Files that took HOURS on windows I can convert in MINUTES!!!! I'm loving this!!!!!! shameless plug for my blog
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Member Since: Sep 24, 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,743 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, i7 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD; iPad 32GB, iPhone 3GS	10-10-2007, 02:57 PM Handbrake just got an upgrade... MPEG4 conversions are 4x quicker than previously. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge
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Member Since: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 850 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5(3.6 GHz) 8 GB RAM, MBP C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 4 GB RAM, MB C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 2 GB RAM	10-11-2007, 08:15 PM how does isquint compare to handbrake and ffmpeg? shameless plug for my blog
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giulio #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	10-10-2007, 02:46 PM It depends on the program, too. For instance, ffmpeg is much faster than handbrake.
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giulio #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	10-10-2007, 04:21 PM I dl'ed handbrake yesturday, v0.9.1 I've never tried iSquint though.
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giulio #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	10-10-2007, 10:15 PM I found it very much faster. ffmpeg took about 30 mins. handbrake took 4 hours. This was transcoding 1GB VOB from an unprotected DVD to a MP4. For some reason, ffmpegX was not converting the last 5 seconds. I've never seen that happen before. And I suspect it was becuase the person who made the DVD did not do so correctly. So I tried handbrake. And it worked. Took a hella long time though haha. And QT chokes and spits on the resulting MP4. Very hard to work with. But finally I was able to chop up the clip into smaller clips and export to another MP4 for importing into YouTube. WHEW.
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Ghostshadow #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 21, 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,065 Mac Specs: iBook G3 - You'll be missed.	10-12-2007, 02:19 AM Visual hub FTW!!! handbrake is nice as well, but I prefer visual hub most of the time.
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Del #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 24, 2006 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 900 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 2xQuad core 2.8GHZ	10-12-2007, 03:46 AM Had a go on my mates all new imac 2.4ghz and that thing positively flies compared to my macbook 1.83ghz, video conversion times and encoding times are sooooo much shorter on the imac
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