I've never been a big fan of 64-bit operating systems, but some recent comparative trials with Adobe Media Encoder and Premiere Pro showed that 64-bit computers - both Windows and Macintosh -- had a huge advantage over 32-bit Windows. If you're in th

Is 32-bit computing slowing your streaming encoding?

Jan Ozer February 2, 2009 Articles Leave a comment 1,397 Views

I’ve never been a big fan of 64-bit operating systems, but some recent comparative trials with Adobe Media Encoder and Premiere Pro showed that 64-bit computers – both Windows and Macintosh — had a huge advantage over 32-bit Windows.

If you’re in the market for that killer encoding workstation, check out the article in Digital Content Producer, and it may change your target configuration, especially considering that 64-bit Windows usually costs no more than 32-bit Windows.

See the article at Digital Content Producer, CS4 and 64-bit Systems.

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I help companies train new technical hires in streaming media-related positions; I also help companies optimize their codec selections and encoding stacks and evaluate new encoders and codecs. I am a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, writing about codecs and encoding tools. I have written multiple authoritative books on video encoding, including Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video (https://amzn.to/3kV6R1j) and Learn to Produce Video with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less (https://amzn.to/3ZJih7e). I have multiple courses relating to streaming media production, all available at https://bit.ly/slc_courses. I currently work as www.netint.com as a Senior Director in Marketing.

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