H.264 Software Encoder vs. Hardware Encoder
- With "H.264 Software Encoder", you can convert and cut a low size but high quality video.
- With "H.264 Intel Quick Sync Video", you can convert and cut a low size but high quality video quickly.
- "NVIDIA NVENC" and "AMD VCE" hardware acceleration will be supported in the future.
1. H.264 Software Encoder (Low Size + High Quality)
- With "H.264 Software Encoder", you can convert and cut a low-sized but high-quality video.
- If you can use "H.264 Software Encoder", you can use the H.264 codec in [High-Speed mode] and [Encoding mode].
- "H.264 Software Encoder" is supported in 'Windows XP' or a later OS.
2. H.264 Intel Quick Sync Video (Hardware Acceleration, Low Size + High Quality + High Speed)
- If you have a system equipped with Windows 7 or a later OS and a new Intel CPU (i3/5/7), you can use the embedded hardware acceleration function to cut and convert videos "in higher speed than H.264 Software Encoder".
- You need to enable the embedded graphic functionality of your CPU for the hardware acceleration. Please refer to "H.264 Intel Quick Sync Video" for the details.
- Enable [Intel Quick Sync Video] and execute Bandicut so that you can select "Intel Quick Sync Video" from [Codec] menu of 'Preference'.
