[x264-devel] Capacity of x264

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Robert Swain <robert.swain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/04/2008, Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >  Have someone  already tested the x264 coder for the stream High
>  >  >  Definition (1280x720 / 1920x1080) in realtime (25, 30 fps)? Can you
>  >  >  share the experience on the hardware configuration and software setting.
>  >  >  Thanks
>  >
>  > Yes.  Avail Media encodes realtime 1080p/i with 3.2Ghz 8-core Xeon
>  >  systems; it is quite possible.  720p is much easier; you really only
>  >  need a quad core for that.
>
>  Using what settings?
>
>  Rob
>

CBR 6 megabits, -r2 -m3 -B1 --no-b-adapt --scenecut=-1 -t1 --8x8dct
--partitions i4x4,i8x8 with default AQ.

With the recent x264 speed improvements I've managed to get -m6 in
there while staying realtime.

Dark Shikari