Man, H.264 encode to iPod is superslow in Compressor 2.1!

I was so happy that compressor finally encodes a iPod compatible H.264-file.
So I started to try it out.
I encoded a 3 minute DV-PAL clip from FCP into iPod compatible H.264 using the preset in compressor 2.1
the 3 minute clip took 15 minutes to encode on my Quad G5 with 4 GB RAM. (using around 170% CPU)
I then took the preset and increased the quality to best, then gave it another go.
The 3 minute clip took a whooping 5 hours to encode into a iPod compatible file on the Quad.
This app seriously need some optimization!
The encoding times reminds me of my sorenson encodes using cleaner on my brand new blue/white G3 back in the day!

It may do it realtime, but I don't think its doing multipass or frame controls or resizing properly. Looking at two clips, done from QT and Compressor, the resolution of the QT export was 320x213, audio sample rate was lower and the overall data rate was higher than what was done in Compressor. If you turn off frame controls and multipass in Compressor, the speeds are about the same.
By default, I think Compressor optimizes for the best quality. QT doesn't give you an option, but by looking at the attributes of the files the Compressor one seems better. Of course, whether the quality, resolution accuracy, and file size is worth 2x the encoding time is subjective. Setting the frame controls to best would increase encoding times exponentially.
It was an intersting observation tho. To be honest, I dont see a big difference between the two files, just the obvious resultion difference. Maybe the extra options aren't needed.

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