Fixstars CE-10 encoder puts Playstation 3 to work on h.264 video

Maybe you don't do enough video conversion to make copping a dedicated SpursEngine card a good investment, but that doesn't mean you can't put the Cell processor in your PlayStation 3 to work in between sessions of Killzone 2, (not like it's busy curing cancer or anything.) Fixstars' CE-10 encoder doesn't exactly fit the "Cell Storage" pie in the sky promises of yesterday, but by installing it on a PC it lets users tap into the PS3's number crunching power to achieve professional encoding quality. No word on what an "affordable prosumer price" is, but if ultra fast HD encoding is something you'd be interested in -- those 1080p vids won't compress themselves -- stop by the Broadcast International booth at NAB next week for an early preview before the software launches in June.

[Biggiesized Posted Apr 17th 2009 4:07PM]

Strike me as VERY interested.

[Jinn35 Posted Apr 17th 2009 5:53PM]

*striking you with an interested stick*

[Mitch Posted Apr 18th 2009 7:51AM]

So this software would tap into the PS3 wirelessly? And use it as a processor for encoding on your PC? So in theory couldn't you use the PS3 as a processor for anything on your PC?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 19th 2009 7:32AM]

I don't buy it. a company i've personally never heard of before - has a product that somehow runs some sort of code on the ps3 to make it accessible as a video encoding accelerator for your pc?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:57AM]

Believe dat. Have you gone to fixstars website? They are demoing it at NAB this week.