By Tom Vaughan Whether you want to compare two encoders, or compare different settings for the same encoder, it’s important to understand how to set up and run a valid test. These guidelines are designed to allow anyone to conduct a good test, with useful results. If you publish the results of an encoder comparison […]
Read moreBy Pradeep Ramachandran Encoder enhancements Improved grain handling with –tune grain option by throttling VBV operations to limit QP jumps. Frame threads are now decided based on number of threads specified in the –pools, as opposed to the number of hardware threads available. The mapping was also adjusted to improve quality of the encodes with minimal impact […]
Read moreBy Pradeep Ramachandran Today Intel launched the next generation of Xeon processors, the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family (code-named “Purley”), based on the Skylake CPU architecture. The Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family is a powerful new generation of 14nm chips which provide significant improvements over the previous generation of Xeon processors (Xeon E5 v4 and E7 […]
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