I still am very fond of Cinemacraft, but it will set you back some 1K
(cheap, i've paid over 2K back in the days).
But, only reason to use a very expensive encoder is if you want really low
bitrates.
If you stay over about 5000 the differences are very hard to spot, unless
you have a really lousy encoder.
(I had to do commercial DVD's with a huge amount of difficult content, so i
needed the best of the best, and there were not many alternatives back then)
IOW, there is open source that will do what you want, for free...
Bouke
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Rende" <drekar42@gmail.com>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] DVD workflow
> What would be the best encoder you would recommend for the pc side.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Friday, May 25, 2012, namyrb wrote:
>
>> If you want it to look the very best, you can try the Cinema Craft
>> Encoder
>> MP plugin for Compressor. Probably the best you're going to get with the
>> Mac.
>>
>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Bruce Tovsky
>> <bruce@skeletonhome.com<javascript:;>
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > **
>> >
>> >
>> > +1
>> >
>> >
>> > On May 24, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Mark Spano wrote:
>> >
>> > > Are you encoding using DVD Studio Pro?
>> > >
>> > > I'd use Compressor instead to make the MPEG-2 file. A lot finer
>> controls
>> > > over quality there.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> **
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Well my 46 gig file failed in DVD studio pro with the error "not
>> enough
>> > >> space". Another few hours wasted.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On May 23, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Mark Spano wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> ProRes.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Your MPEG-2 file (made later) needs to be under 4 GB. The source
>> going
>> > in
>> > >>> can be any size.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> **
>> > >>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> 1:1
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Funny. Dont see lossless anymore. Has it gone away?
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Bruce Tovsky wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>> i'd go with lossless.
>> > >>>>>> b
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> Im going AE as well. Has great downscaling. But now which
>> > >>>>>>> codec?
>> > >>>> Compressor wont take h.264 right? And I have to keep the file size
>> > >> around 4
>> > >>>> gigs for SD DVD right? So what is a good alt which I can then take
>> to
>> > >> DVD.
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> thanks
>> > >>>>>>> Lou
>> > >>>>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Bruce Tovsky wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> i'd take AE over Avid any day, hands down.
>> > >>>>>>>> b
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 12:51 PM, David Ross wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> Whatever you're happiest doing the downscale with. I've used
>> Avid
>> > >>>>>>>>> before, and it's fine, but you may find AE gives better
>> results.
>> > >> Not
>> > >>>>>>>>> sure about Sorenson.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> D.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> On 23 May 2012 17:32, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>>> Great advice. thanks. Is it best to just export and
>> > >>>>>>>>>> downscale
>> in
>> > >>>> Avid? Or use the QT reference in something else. AE? Sorenson?
>> > >>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>> Lou
>> > >>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 9:14 AM, David Ross wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Best practice is to downscale to SD first, then make your
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> DVD
>> > >> mpeg
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> from that. Your mpeg picture quality will generally be much
>> > >> better
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> that way.
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> D.
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 23 May 2012 16:50, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>
>
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