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Encoding in Compressor 4 – has it improved?
I’m about to encode two documentary films for DVD release. One is 30 minutes (1000 duplications), the other is 80 minutes (1000 replications).
To my naked eye Apple Compressor 3.5 does a decent job encoding. But I’d like to get some expert opinions before I get started:
— Has Apple improved VBR and/or CBR encoding in Compressor 4 (2011)? In other words, has Apple’s MPEG-2 codec been rewritten for Compressor 4?
— For a short 30 minute film would you use “CBR” or “Two pass VBR Best”?
— Also, will an expensive third party codec (like Cinema Craft CCE-MP) be worth purchasing for a documentary mainly shot in SD NTSC with archival material?
Thanks!
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There’s no change in codecs. It’s a bit easier to setup a cluster in Compressor 4. It also support H.264 .mp4 encoding.
The third party codecs may do a bit better scaling and encode better at lower bitrates although this is just second hand info for me.
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