[Harry Bellord]

In now running tests on
matrox fast encode
matrox High quality encode
Matrox quicktime encode
then i will move onto regular apple h264 encode with instances and cluster
and handbrake encode
to see what produces the better time and quality

[Harry Bellord]

Hi Craig
It was the Matrox preset in the fast encode folder >other workflows>1920×1080 29.97

I tried cluster because the manual said if i use a fast encode preset it would leverage my computers resources for faster encoding

So no additional instances either then?

The audio was left as MPEG-4 AAC 48k 128kps

Matrox firmware 11.0
Software 4.2.0.0006

Noted I will use better vs best

Is there a setting you recommend ?

[Harry Bellord]

Hi Craig
Thanks for the response
I have it working ,however not exactly real time

I started trying to run it in fast encode with a 2 computer cluster with 1 additional instance on each computer
h264 level 4.1
1920×1080
29.97
i left GOP alone
unchecked hardware scaling
checked scene detection
CABAC main
constant data
15Mb/s
sample rate high
and left audio as is
In Compressor i set resize to best and re-time to best and left adaptive details checked

The batch would fail as soon as the audio was processed

So i set batch to “this computer” and again failed

I repaired both compressors and repeated the process with cluster and no instances (where i am now )

I see job segments in my batch window , but only one segment active

Its running and by my calcs its going to take approx 6 hours to encode a 1 hour file from Prores HQ 1080p
So we shall see in 6 hours !!!!