[Harold]

hi john,

another example of seamless multi-angle being used for non-‘adult’ purposes is advertising. what a nice way to display your product from several angles, no? bmw released a dvd a while back that allowed the user to switch between angles while watching footage of various cars.

also a company called mx entertainment–of which i am sure you have heard–has been exploiting the same features slightly differently to produce semi-interactive concert dvds.

i am however, curious about what interesting uses people have found for non-seamless multi-angle. i imagine it is might be more effective for trying to do fake seamless multi-story.

cheers,
h

[Harold]

hi mike,

cinema craft encoder SP is worth EVERY CENT. that said, if you are willing to give up some of the controls, the basic version ($69 if my memory serves) has the same encoding engine and produces very good looking encodes. here is a quick sampling of what you sacrifice by going with the basic version:

– advanced video filtering

– multi-pass encodes (basic version supports 1-pass cbr, 2-pass vbr; SP supports more passes than any sane person would use… at least nine passes… for vbr _and_ cbr)

– adaptive quantization matrices

– inverse telecine (w/ pull-down lists)

– forced i-frame placement

– control of video filtering settings GOP by GOP

– control of bitrate GOP by GOP

there is much more, but i shall not bore you with it. the manuals for both products are available for download at https://www.cinemacraft.com/ and you can also download limited trial versions of both products. CCE SP is probably the best software encoder on the market right now.

cheers,
h