Using my GPU for things other than gaming? WHAAAAAT?!?!?!?!
By darkgoth678 2 Comments
Just wanted to put out there that there is one great Video converter- well avtually two but im going to rant about the one I use now. I want to say this because I spent countless hours attempting to locate a video converter that would convert my stuff so i could watch it on my Zune. Now I have found that application, for those seeking video converters seek no more. actually, you don't even have to open Google, its right in your PC! if you use an ATi or nVIDIA GPU you are in luck. Your drivers already come with one, ATi drivers have AVIVO video converter and nVIDIA drivers have- well, work with Badaboom.
I'm currently using Badaboom's trial edition but geez, i couldn't be more simple. Select the file, customize the output resolution, up to 1080p, and select what device you are transcoding to (Zune, iPod, PSP, BLACKBERRY, 360, ect.) and let it run. I wanted to use it because my friend gave me some movies and they were all in AVI and he even had some in Divix and Blu-ray format, these formats are not Zune compatable, so no luck until I got Badaboom. Badaboom took them all, I had Iron Man Blu-ray and it took about 45 mins to convert it to .mp4. The quality is amazing, I put it up to 720p because i didn't wanrt to see just a bar of picture at 1080p on the Zune and I got about 60 frames converting rate on my new GTX 260.
Badaboom is $30 and im consireing purchasing it.