Disappointing performance on Apple M2 Mac

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Stephen Ballantyne

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Feb 15, 2023, 9:23:57 PM2/15/23

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I’m truly saddened by the tepid performance of my new M2 Mac Mini when converting files from .mkv and .mp4 format for streaming – it truly is not appreciably faster than my old ten-year-old Intel powered Mac! This on hardware that now includes specialised video processing modules.

Presumably the Helper application hasn’t been recompiled for Apple silicon yet and is running under Rosetta 2 Intel emulation. Very cunning no doubt, but I was expecting better.

Will we see a recompiled version soon, or should I look for some other software solution?