Multithreaded video conversion programs?

[bbplayer5]

Looking for a program for OSX that will convert video formats (ex - AVI to MP4) that is mulithreaded. I have a mac pro on the way, and really want to take advantage of its power.

thank you!

 

[Tafkas]

Try iSquint which is free. But it is only to mp4.
http://www.isquint.org/

For more formats get VisualHub
http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/

or as an alternative: ffmpgx
http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Is Handbrake not multithread capable?

 

[savar]

Is Handbrake not multithread capable?

According to their homepage:

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

It doesn't say WHAT operations are multithreaded (could be 1 UI thread and 1 processing thread), but I doubt they would make this claim unless they meant video conversion can be done on multiple threads simultaneously.

Encoding a dual pass, 1000bit VBR h.264 DVD on my old Powermac takes about 2 days...so needless to say I've not experimented with Handbrake too much.