Does Kdenlive takes advantage of 6 core cpu like AMD Phenom X6 1090T ???

Is it better choose an AMD Phenom X6 or an Intel i7 8x-9x ???

Thks

It depends on the video format you will render to.

See here: http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/usin-all-cores
And here: http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/kdenlive-and-i7

I use an intel core i720qm and rendering to MPEG4 it uses all 8 virtual cores. I did not change any of the default settings in the render profiles. Rendering to MPEG2 uses two cores, if I remember correctly, but it's a while ago that I tried...

I have to render H.264 1080 25p.
It seems to me that with this format Kdenlive uses many cores. Right ???

And what about the choice between AMD or Intel ?? I see the Kdenlive recommended hardware (video pro) for AMD Phenom X4.
Then AMD is faster then Intel with Kdenlive ???

Thks

hello ... is there anybody of kdenlive staff here ????

do you recommended AMD Phenom X4 for advanced work then I suppose you did some test of AMD and Intel quad core. Is it right ???

Bye

Unlikely that anyone here will have definitive information concerning which processor/manufacturer to use. You are probably over thinking it. I would recommend you google various hardware forums for cpus and motherboard reviews if you are interested. I have a i5 quad core (i5-760) and it works fine for my purposes. Just pick a real quad (or 6 core if wish) in your price range and be happy, it will give you good GUI interactivity and use multiple cores/threads for smooth playback and editing. As noted above in the linked threads, the rendering is not optimized to utilize all cores in some/many circumstances so additional cores may not help much and may not be worth the extra $.

and what about the video card ????

It seems to be not very important because the hardware recommended for kdenlive suggest only a recent video card with dual output.

Thks

It depends on the games you would like to play... ;-)

OK, to be serious... You have answered the question by yourself: Get a recent video card and you are done. As I do not believe that we will get something like GPU ENcoding in near future you will not need a high end GPU for Kdenlive.

@mrcrowley, if you want us to give hardware recommendations, please send us some high-end AMD and Intel CPUs, Graphics cards, and Mainboards, so we can do some tests.