Ars Technica

x264: Encoding 60 FPS produces smaller files than 24 FPS. Why?

I have a TV channel that runs at 720/60fps progressive. Much of the content is 24fps sourced, so I usually do an Inverse Telecine (IVTC) to get get back to 24 FPS, when I compress for storage. Just ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Final Cut Pro X Tutorial: How to Get Better Encoding Results

When you compress video for on-demand streaming, you primarily care about three things; quality, quality and... let's see, oh yes, quality. If you're been encoding H.264 video with Apple Compressor ...
Ars Technica

GPU based video encoding on Macs: Does it exist?

I give computationally intensive workloads to my 4-core Woodcrest Xserve Xeon to crunch on, and a few weeks ago, I had it both encode (Handbrake) and tag (iVI Pro) a 39 movie DVD-rip backlog I had to ...
TechCrunch

x264 now encodes Blu-ray-compatible video

Break out a blank DVD and fire up x264! The folks behind x264, the freeware h.264 encoder, have announced Blu-ray compatibility. That means you’ll be able to burn a DVD containing h.264 video that ...