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Episode vs ProCoder vs Comp.3 vs MainConcept MacEncoder
Ok, probably this is the millionth time it’s been asked, but for the best encoding results for DV footage going to DVD…which encoder is a clearcut winner: Episode, ProCoder, Compressor 3, or MacEncoder. And whichever one “is” the winner…give me your best-guess-estimate of “how much above the others” is it a winner. Thanks!
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Procoder set to ‘mastering’ mode is head and shoulders above the rest. It offers very high quality along with blistering speed.
I’d give it a 9 out of 10, the others between 6 and 7 out of 10It’s a London thing.
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Thank you, Danny2007.
Question: I see you are a MAC user…and I believe ProCoder is a PC program. Will “Parallel” on a MAC handle the PC software?
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BitVice is darn good too…high and low bitrates.
Rich Rubasch
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Ben answered that question a couple of threads down in the “best quality DVD compression” thread.
Erik
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In fact I’m a Mac user, not a MAC user (sorry but I can’t understand why so many people want to capitalise ‘Mac’!), but I also run a PC. However I’ve used Procoder under both Crossover and bootcamp, not Parallels and it works fine.
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Yep, I’m still with ProCoder as my go-to tool. That said, I haven’t tested the MPEG-2 output of Episode or BitVice that recently.
My compression blog: https://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/
My compression class at Stanford: https://digitalmediaacademy.org/courses/video-compression-training.html
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