I've noticed several here use their PCs for converting video between various formats.
I do the same, over the years converting DVDs and Tivo recordings for viewing on various portable devices (cellphones, PDAs, Archos player, etc).
Over time, I have used various programs to do this, but they were all CPU based.
This article highlights programs from Nvidia and ATI that use the GPU for transcoding, with impressive results.
PC Perspective - Battle of GPU Transcoders: ATI Avivo Converter and NVIDIA Badaboom
I do the same, over the years converting DVDs and Tivo recordings for viewing on various portable devices (cellphones, PDAs, Archos player, etc).
Over time, I have used various programs to do this, but they were all CPU based.
This article highlights programs from Nvidia and ATI that use the GPU for transcoding, with impressive results.
PC Perspective - Battle of GPU Transcoders: ATI Avivo Converter and NVIDIA Badaboom