We played a few
videos encoded at different resolutions.
The Spectra 280 ISP brings a slew of improvements to the table as far as camera performance goes, key of which is its ability to perform 4K
video encoding at 60 fps.
Not exact matches
Improved system can distribute numerical «keys» for scrambling messages
at megabit rates — fast enough to
encode video
On the
video side, where everything is
encoded in HD, we start with «It's Never Just a Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five» (20:08) considers the star - filmmaker's parallels to his character and his history in comedy, with looks
at his comedy bits and home movies, as well as interviews of other influential figures, from over the years.
The 1.78:1 presentation has been
encoded in AVC
at an average bit rate of 34.6 Mbps, yielding no visible artifacting, edge enhancement, colour - banding, or anything else that would indicate undue processing of the studio's HD masters en route to home
video.
If you were to look
at a MPEG -
encoded video file from today's digital media, you would not be able to have any clue as to its content by looking
at the recording without elaborate mathematical decoding.
The Vector Z25 leads these two systems
at PCMark7 (day to day performance), 3DMark11 (3D gaming), Aliens vs. Predator and Heaven (3D gaming), Handbrake (
video encoding), and the Photoshop CS6 test (photo editing).
The Unreal Engine game that came with it has bad framerates, HD
video isn't smooth unless it's
encoded in a specific way, performance drops in any orientation besides the default... and this was all consistent with the two Xoom display models I've looked
at as well.
The tech specs tell us that it is capable of 1080p
encoding and decoding, as well as 720p
video conferencing, however the forward - facing camera only offers 640 x 480
video capture (
at 30 fps).
The Nexus 6P
encoded video at 42 megabits per second, and had lusher, more saturated colours, with less judder than the BlackBerry Priv.
There's also 1080p HD
video encoding and playback support, thanks to a 400 MHz GPU, while battery life is tipped
at up to 5 hrs of 3G browsing, up to 45 hrs of audio, or up to 8 hrs of talktime.
Launched
at CES 2011, Tegra 2 natively supports things like 1080p
video encoding and decoding and supports Flash
video too.
At that range, the compression artifacts from the
video encode were noticeable.
It can't completely overcome the limitations of its technology — wireless will still introduce more latency,
video encoding won't be as sharp as a natively rendered image — but the hardware,
at least, is ready for prime time.
The Steam Link wasn't
at fault, but this does show that you'll need a decent rig to handle running games
at 1080p 60 while also
encoding video.
This new ISP should greatly improve overall camera performance and will allow for Ultra HD Premium
video playback and
encoding at 4K up to 60 fps.
Positioned as the ultimate convergence of stills and
video, ZOE utilises dual - path
encoding (using the ISP) to capture full HD
video and perfectly clear burst photos
at the same time.
When
encoding a 4K
video file using Handbrake, the Avant and Velox both took around five minutes to complete the
encode, which isn't bad
at all.
Because different users will be viewing your
video at various connection speeds, you'll probably want to
encode your
video for different access programs and speeds.