Dual-Core Problems

[Chubzb]

I'm having trouble getting the converter to use both cores of my dual core processor. I am using the -threads option.
It only utilizes one core atm.
What can I do?

-Chubbz

[Midiman]

I just recently got a dual core system... how do you make things use both? How would you know what is using what?

[Chubzb]

Well, most programs only use one.
Some can use both, but they need to be written to take advantage of multithreading.
You can see how much of each processor is being used just CTRL-ALT -DEL and go to the performance tab.

I've seen multiple topics on the -threads option, and I am using it. Why isn't my iPod converter hitting both cores?

[msopnet]

can you post the log of a conversion that should be using dual-core.

[Chubzb]

EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter2\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter2\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter2\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "E:\TV Shows\Battlestar Galactica\BATTLESTAR.GALACTICA.SEASONS.1.AND.2\Sea son.2\battlestar.galactica.s02e02.ws.dsr.xvid-tcm.avi"

PlayTime=00:42:32.094

Width=512

Height=288

AspectRatio=1.778

FrameRate=23.976
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.25
MSG - Converter - Profile: MPEG4 VGA 768kbps Stereo/128kbps Advanced
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 2552s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 512 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 288 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.778
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 23.976 fps
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter2\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "E:\TV Shows\Battlestar Galactica\BATTLESTAR.GALACTICA.SEASONS.1.AND.2\Sea son.2\battlestar.galactica.s02e02.ws.dsr.xvid-tcm.avi" -f mp4 -title "BSG 2x02" -timestamp "2007-07-18 03:43:23" -vcodec xvid -r 24000/1001 -b 768k -bufsize 2500k -maxrate 2500k -g 250 -flags +aic+mv4+trell -mbd 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -threads 4 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 128k "E:\ipod Videos\BSG 2x02.mp4"

FFmpeg version SVN-r9133, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static --enable-dirac
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on May 27 2007 19:45:44, gcc: 4.2.0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (23976000/1000000)
Input #0, avi, from 'E:\TV Shows\Battlestar Galactica\BATTLESTAR.GALACTICA.SEASONS.1.AND.2\Sea son.2\battlestar.galactica.s02e02.ws.dsr.xvid-tcm.avi':
Duration: 00:42:32.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1146 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 512x288, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'E:\ipod Videos\BSG 2x02.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: xvid (hq), yuv420p, 512x288, q=2-31, 768 kb/s, 23.98 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 14 fps= 0 q=2.0 size= 38kB time=0.5 bitrate= 586.7kbits/s
frame= 29 fps= 0 q=2.0 size= 75kB time=1.2 bitrate= 520.8kbits/s
...
frame=61189 fps= 24 q=2.0 Lsize= 274457kB time=2551.8 bitrate= 881.1kbits/s

video:233175kB audio:39865kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.519230%



Here is my log.

[Sketch]

There were dual-core issues reported in 2.19 (http://www.redkawa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1212), but I didn't see anything in the revision log to address that they had been resolved.