Is Compressor 2 Quad Processor Aware?

I was just wondering if anyone had any experience running compressor on a new quad g5?
Does it use all 4 proccessors? I'm dying to get my render times back to a managable amount.
Thanks,
John

I don't think Compressor has ever even been Dual processor aware. Since day one - on my Dual 2.0 G5 (original), Compressor has only utilized 50-70% per proc. of the available processing power at most. When exporting MPEG2 or any other format from Quicktime, FFMPEG and other apps - there is always a 100% usage (100 per proc.)
I've always found this unbelievable and frustrating. I don't understand why it hasn't been addressed by Apple - especially now that we are yet another version ahead. I mean, come on!!!! If shareware and freeware apps can pump the most out of these processors - why can't Apple's own products???
I wish someone would make a freeware app that somehow tricks Compressor into using all power. It would double my encoding speed.

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