Quote Originally Posted by eva2000 View Post
Guys i'm doing dvd-video to xvid and divx conversions in tmpgenc xpress 4 latest version supports core i7 but seems the gain is with ssd as source drive as HT and no HT result in about same times - with no HT slightly faster

so what other encoding/conversion app would you guys suggest that's easy to setup and run ?
Eva,

480p source (ie. dvd) at best may only give you 50-60% load, resolution is too small to get any accurate data with.

Work with a 720p/1080i (deinterlacing is pretty heavy)/1080p source and encode with x264, you can do small sample encodes from a full length source if you limit the frame window you frame serve via avisynth script.

Any questions feel free to holler my way. Video encoding is one of my raison d'etres