GPGPU Transcoding

[trekiej]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with transcoding a video with a GPGPU. I am thinking of purchasing a video card but wanted to see if buying 6 core processor is better. I use a quad core cpu and it works well, the factory heat sink does not seem adequate.

Thanks for any help.

[trekiej]

Badaboom came up in the search on Google. I will look into it.
I hope and wish I could get a GTX 460 and above.
I was looking into a GTS 450 that cost about 125.00 US.
I am hoping the extra 50.00 dollars will be worth it for a higher card.

[trekiej]

Sorry, I do not know, it is a good question.
I draw a blank to that question.
I wonder if it is possible to take a video back to raw before transcoding to a different type?

[trekiej]

Handbrake can transcode on Linux but no GPGPU support, afaik.
Edit:
http://www.refractivesoftware.com has a program called Octane that can do some fast ray tracing with CUDA cards. Unfortunately it does not have any transcoding abilities,afaik.

[trekiej]

I hope a GTX 460 will do a good job with a core config of 336:56:32 .

[trekiej]

I downloaded the demo from Badaboom. They compared it to Itunes and it took Bada. 6 seconds encode. Itunes was still working on the same video.