Cinema Craft

Lars Siden · May 27th, 2006, 03:14 PM

Just tested Cinema Craft SP trial MPEG encoder. It produced a beautiful MPEG2/DVD file in 25% of the time the other encoders did. How is that possible? I mean, if it was lets say 20% faster I could feel "ok, they have smart programmers", but 400% faster - that is something else. Big pain in the butt though - when you see the price tag!

// Lazze

David Tamés · May 27th, 2006, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lars Siden

Just tested Cinema Craft SP trial MPEG encoder. It produced a beautiful MPEG2/DVD file in 25% of the time the other encoders did. How is that possible? [...] Big pain in the butt though - when you see the price tag!

I guess $1,950 goes towards paying for some really good programmers that have been able to optimize the code for performance. MPEG encoders are part science, and part art.

Aanarav Sareen · May 27th, 2006, 03:55 PM

They also have a $58 version that I am using quite happily and it is extremely fast as well.

Lars Siden · May 28th, 2006, 03:22 AM

Aanarav,

If I say thank u a 1000 times - it is still not enough! I had totally missed the "basic" version. As far as I can see it does what I need. That is AVI -> Mpeg2 DVD/Pal? 1 pass VBR feels OK after seeing the quality it produces!

// Lazze

Aanarav Sareen · May 29th, 2006, 09:02 PM

Lars,
Glad to help out. I found out about CCE only a few months ago and purchased it within 24 hours. Works better than anything I have used.

Lars Siden · May 30th, 2006, 01:53 PM

I've actually bought it now, even after my MPEG2 test(see other thread in this forum). For me, speed can be essential - and I belive that I can tweak the profile to generate smaller files with decent quality.

58 USD feels like a bargin - right now it happily crunches a 21gb AVI file at 3.2x realtime, with scenalyzer running at the same time doing some analogue capture :-)

// Lazze

May 27th, 2006, 03:14 PM	#1
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	Cinema Craft - how is it possible? Just tested Cinema Craft SP trial MPEG encoder. It produced a beautiful MPEG2/DVD file in 25% of the time the other encoders did. How is that possible? I mean, if it was lets say 20% faster I could feel "ok, they have smart programmers", but 400% faster - that is something else. Big pain in the butt though - when you see the price tag! // Lazze

May 27th, 2006, 03:55 PM	#3
Aanarav Sareen Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NJ, US Posts: 183	They also have a $58 version that I am using quite happily and it is extremely fast as well. __________________ http://www.sareen.tv

May 29th, 2006, 09:02 PM	#5
Aanarav Sareen Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NJ, US Posts: 183	Lars, Glad to help out. I found out about CCE only a few months ago and purchased it within 24 hours. Works better than anything I have used. __________________ http://www.sareen.tv

May 28th, 2006, 03:22 AM	#4
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	Aanarav, If I say thank u a 1000 times - it is still not enough! I had totally missed the "basic" version. As far as I can see it does what I need. That is AVI -> Mpeg2 DVD/Pal? 1 pass VBR feels OK after seeing the quality it produces! // Lazze

May 30th, 2006, 01:53 PM	#6
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	I've actually bought it now, even after my MPEG2 test(see other thread in this forum). For me, speed can be essential - and I belive that I can tweak the profile to generate smaller files with decent quality. 58 USD feels like a bargin - right now it happily crunches a 21gb AVI file at 3.2x realtime, with scenalyzer running at the same time doing some analogue capture :-) // Lazze