Doesn't the video encoder/decoder pipeline on sandy bridge handle H.264 and MPEG-4 AVC encoding/decoding? I would expect that to be a lot faster than x264, and bulldozer doesn't have any fixed function hardware for this so it will have to use software to do it.
Edit: Yes, it does. Quicksync supports MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1, MPEG-2, and H.264. Don't use x264 if you're on sandy bridge, quicksync will be way faster.
Edit: Yes, it does. Quicksync supports MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1, MPEG-2, and H.264. Don't use x264 if you're on sandy bridge, quicksync will be way faster.
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-Mark Antony