ATI's video converter boosts performance
While this isn't *exactly* PSP related, it's great news. Transcoding video from one format to another can take a very, very, VERY long time, even on fast computers. If ATI can help us any, that's great, since eventually all PCs may have video compression acceleration built-in. -Auri
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Globe and Mail:
Ati Technologies Inc.'s Avivo Video Converter promises to reduce the wait time users experience when converting a PC-based video for play on portable video players. In less than five minutes, the Avivo Video Converter can convert 30 minutes of video into an appropriate format.
The Avivo Video Converter is available today, as a wizard found within Catalyst Control Centre 6.3, a software package designed to enhance ATI's Radeon X1000 series of graphics cards. The Avivo Video Converter simplifies the conversion of digital video from one file format to another and enables a user to convert their videos to play on an industry standard DVD/DivX player or portable media devices such as the Apple iPod, Sony PSP, Creative Zen and others.
The converter accepts almost any video file format as a source and outputs in most popular video formats. Users running the wizard select the input and then output file format, set the quality level, and choose a file location for their newly converted video files.