HWMonitorSMC2 vs HandBrake

HWMonitorSMC2

Application for monitoring hardware health in macOS (by CloverHackyColor)

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HandBrake's main development repository (by HandBrake)

video-transcoding multi-platform Gplv2

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HWMonitorSMC2		HandBrake
	Project
5	Mentions	981
232	Stars	15,593
0.4%	Growth	2.0%
3.1	Activity	9.8
8 months ago	Latest Commit	2 days ago
Swift	Language	C
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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HWMonitorSMC2

Posts with mentions or reviews of HWMonitorSMC2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-25.

How to get CPU temperature
3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 25 Jan 2023

With HWMonitorSMC2 (no reboot needed) https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/HWMonitorSMC2 I could get CPU temps and fans speed CPU frequency is not working, I guess Intel Power Gadget is needed
Is this normal? i5-10210u, UHD620
1 project | /r/hackintosh | 16 Jul 2022

Try this HWMonitor2 and compare the values between them.
Nvidia Web Drivers - Monitor GPU temperature / fan speed on High Sierra
2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 11 Jan 2022
Hackintosh / MacOS free tools
32 projects | /r/hackintosh | 1 Jun 2021

-HWMonitorSMC2 fan monitoring tool. It sees all fans on my system correctly. No control.
How do you monitor fans on a Hackintosh?
3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 31 May 2021

HWMonitorSMC2HWMonitorSMC2 displays all fans in my Intel hack, even in Big Sur.

HandBrake

Posts with mentions or reviews of HandBrake. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-04.

FFmpeg 7.0 Released
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Apr 2024
On Export, Left audio is delayed by about half a second, is there a fix?
2 projects | /r/davinciresolve | 10 Dec 2023

https://handbrake.fr/ its very easy to use.
Linux GUI/Frontend for VMAF
6 projects | /r/AV1 | 7 Dec 2023

nothing actually, i just mentioned it as an encoding frontend.
Windows Photos saves really large video files
1 project | /r/Windows10 | 7 Dec 2023
Vegas PRO18, my mov files.
1 project | /r/VegasPro | 5 Dec 2023

At this point, use https://handbrake.fr/ to transcode into a higher res MP4 and use as proxy footage,
converting .avi files to .mp4
1 project | /r/techsupport | 28 Nov 2023

Maybe you could try HandBrake.
HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Nov 2023

The release itself[0] would have been a better link.
0. https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.7.0
HandBrake 1.7.0 released with AMD & Nvidia AV1 hwenc, SVT-AV1 v1.7 & SVT-AV1 multi-pass ABR
1 project | /r/AV1 | 18 Nov 2023
HandBrake 1.7.0 released
1 project | /r/handbrake | 18 Nov 2023
HandBrake 1.7.0 Released
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Nov 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing HWMonitorSMC2 and HandBrake you can also consider the following projects:

stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar

Tdarr - Tdarr - Distributed transcode automation using FFmpeg/HandBrake + Audio/Video library analytics + video health checking (Windows, macOS, Linux & Docker)

Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

staxrip - 🎞 Video encoding GUI for Windows.

HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

Av1an - Cross-platform command-line AV1 / VP9 / HEVC / H264 encoding framework with per scene quality encoding

eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

FFmpeg - Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

lossless-cut - The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing