Activity › Forums › DVD Authoring › Basic question about encoding – Mac DVD Authoring Basic question about encoding – Mac Posted by Sarahxp on October 16, 2005 at 2:11 am Hello everyone. Thank you for the great forum. I Chris Borjis replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Chris Borjis October 17, 2005 at 4:26 pm The hardware encoders are usually much faster and realtime. You can get the same quality out of an excellent software encoder if the settings are right. The best setup possible with best quality would have to be a Sonic Solutions SD-1000 card with SDI inputs. Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up