[olug] Can these speedups be had on the same hardware using Linux.

[Kevin D. Snodgrass]

>T here are some things added to intel Sandy Bridge like "Quick Sync"

> that can speed up transcoding from 2:52 to :22 -- drops 2:30 off the
> time it takes to encode a 449MB 1080i source to H.264.
> But it seems to require 3rd party software for windows.
> Does Linux use that without the fuss?
> 
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833-5.html

Doesn't look good Rob.  At least according to Eric Sardella at Intel:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=77855 

Someone outside of Intel may be working on something though...

Kevin D. Snodgrass