
Badaboom Media Converter Software Reviewed
#1
Posted 08 April 2009 - 01:35 AM
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#2
Posted 08 April 2009 - 02:49 AM

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#3
Posted 08 April 2009 - 04:52 PM
Good review though
I saw one before where it compared the two and ATI's rendered faster and could do more media types, but I think the nvidia one had more preset conversion settings or something.
Edited by IVIYTH0S, 08 April 2009 - 04:53 PM.
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#4
Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:37 PM

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#5
Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:39 PM
Ah, I'd tell you myself if I had a card to test that out but I don't. What do you mean by unwatchable?Not to sound like I favor a company, but last time I checked, ATI's video converter didn't output anything near watchable quality. Perhaps it was updated lately though, so I may be wrong
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:47 PM
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 08:21 PM
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#8
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:04 AM
I use MEGUI for encoding converting and shrinking DVD MPEG files into x264 .mkv's and it works great with no loss in quality (going from like 1 gb files to ~250mb).Unless you encode videos all the time, Super© FTW. It's free, has all the formats in the world for both input and output, including for audio, and it's simple to use. Yes, it uses the CPU, not the GPU, but like I said, unless you're encoding videos all the time, I think it's worth the few minutes extra it'll take.
I'm gonig to try badaboom soon and see what I think but I may just stick to CPU encoding. It doesn't take that long.
Edited by IVIYTH0S, 09 April 2009 - 10:05 AM.
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#9
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:14 PM
When working with high resolution videos, the GPU is much faster
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#10
Posted 10 April 2009 - 12:51 AM
MEGUI is open source tooThere's tons of CPU transcoders! I used Handbrake because it's free and open source, but of course there's more out there that work just as well or possibly better
When working with high resolution videos, the GPU is much faster

Handbrake and I never really clicked, which is odd because MEGUI is 100X more complex then any other, you just have to know what you need out of it then ask around on which settings to mess with.
Edited by IVIYTH0S, 10 April 2009 - 12:52 AM.
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