I was using Avidemux a lot to test encoding times. Basically I was testing one computer's CPU vs another. I found with certain CPU's the times were WAY off.
Avidemux gave me a pathetic encode time of 24 minutes with a core i7 3770k w/ hyper-threading. This was done encoding a 16gb raw video file.
I go and install Handbrake and it encodes the same file in under 4 minutes... :p
Not only that but Handbrake encoded the file SMALLER by a significant amount. No quality difference at all.
I made sure to check Avidemux settings that it was using all cores. Still no difference.
I reproduced the results on a vast number of CPU's. Handbrake always encoded faster with smaller files - H264 high definition.
Why would I ever touch Avidemux again? For simple editing? It can't even do that. I was trying to combine flash clips and it totally warped the audio and slowed down the whole video. I can use a free editing program instead of goofing with Avidemux.
Someone tell a use for this program. I really liked it at first for it's simplicity until I found out these astonishing results.
Avidemux gave me a pathetic encode time of 24 minutes with a core i7 3770k w/ hyper-threading. This was done encoding a 16gb raw video file.
I go and install Handbrake and it encodes the same file in under 4 minutes... :p
Not only that but Handbrake encoded the file SMALLER by a significant amount. No quality difference at all.
I made sure to check Avidemux settings that it was using all cores. Still no difference.
I reproduced the results on a vast number of CPU's. Handbrake always encoded faster with smaller files - H264 high definition.
Why would I ever touch Avidemux again? For simple editing? It can't even do that. I was trying to combine flash clips and it totally warped the audio and slowed down the whole video. I can use a free editing program instead of goofing with Avidemux.
Someone tell a use for this program. I really liked it at first for it's simplicity until I found out these astonishing results.