Shotcut Export Options Compared (March 2021 - Shotcut v21)

I compare Shotcut exporting speed and file sizes with hardware acceleration, without, and with parallel processing. This info is up to date as of Mar 2021, using Shotcut 21.02.27

Long story short, hardware acceleration makes a pretty decent difference. If you've got a newer machine, use both hardware acceleration AND parallel processing for a pretty decent performance bump.

Test setup:

PC1:
Core i5-4690k
16GB DDR3
Geforce 1060

PC2
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
32 GB DDR4
Geforce 1070

PC3
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
16GB DDR4
Radeon Vega11 on-chip GPU

Files were exported using the "YouTube" preset, (55% VBR with libx264 for soft encoding and h264_nvenc for hardware encoder)

00:00 Intro and Overview
01:06 Speed charts
03:37 File size comparison
05:10 Using your computer while rendering
07:26 Quality comparison
08:11 Conclusion

[saddestchord]

I wish I could understand this stuff. i5-12600k with a nice overclock. 3060ti with a nice overclock. 64 GB DDR4 at 3600. A 20 minute video (low resolution) takes 3:03. Enable the NEMV or whatever codecs. Takes 3:05. Enable parallel processing. 3:15. Whatever I do to speed it up makes it slower. My hardware is barely working at all. Both CPU and GPU were just a couple degrees above idle temps. I think I have to ditch Shotcut and move on to DaVinci even though I would much rather use FOSS.

[ibanezprestige]

Hi, Does GPU help improve smoothness and reduce frame dropping when edit in Shotcut?

[adityaparam]

I've been using the free version of Da Vinci Resolve for a bit, how do you think ShotCut stacks up?

[buffluffstuff]

This video is most certainly not for me, but keep up the great channel!