I5 2500k encoding performance under Linux

[justinmiller61]

I just built a new machine with an i5 2500k, not overclocked, and a z68 motherboard. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. I know there is nothing that uses QuickSync under Linux right now, but I'm just trying to ascertain whether or not I'm getting the performance I should be from Handbrake.

I can encode a DVD Quality movie (VOBs) to the iPhone preset at an average of 105 fps. Based on this:

http://www.servethehome.com/intel-core-i5-2500k-review-sandy-bridge-home-server/

and this:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1501/14/

I should be getting at least twice that. The above encode takes me around 20 minutes, certainly not 8. Is there anything I need to tweak in order to see increased performance? What could be causing such low (relatively speaking) fps?

Thanks,
Justin

 

[popatim]

I seriously doubt they did a dvd to iphone rip in under 8 minutes. It takes over 10minutes just to read a DVD at 20x speed. I think they are just showing the 'encoding' portion and omitting the reading/ripping.

 

[justinmiller61]

I too omitted the ripping part and was just trying to encode the VOB files.