This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] MC 7.0.4.3 buggy behavior

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] MC 7.0.4.3 buggy behavior

Squeeze: pretty fast, can easily crunch multiple files at once per processor.

Media Encoder: extremely fast, but can only crunch multiple versions per file at once, otherwise serial process.

I use both, each when the occasion calls for its particular strengths. Media Encoder is faster overall, and always looks great without fudging with gamma or other settings. Squeeze gives access to far more intricate parameters which need attention for great encodes, is a bit slower serially, but can parallel process multiple files and save lots of time if you have them.

Another vote for Media Encoder is its ability to handle RGB or 709 source files without issue. Squeeze is a bit more temperamental with that, just have to be more careful.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Dave Hogan mactvman@yahoo.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I throw in another vote for Sorenson Squeeze. It does a great job, you can tweak it for performance/quality, and it is still tons faster than Compressor or QuickTime. I like X264 encoder much more than Main Concept, both of which are a choice in Squeeze. Cannot comment on Media Encoder, never used it.

And most of you already have a license copy from when you bought your AVID.

For cooking high quality files when time is not an issue, I really like free and open source Handbrake. It cooks great reduced size files of my favorite Blu-Ray rips, which I can travel with and watch on my laptop.

Dave Hogan
Burbank, CA

On Thursday, April 9, 2015 3:05 PM, "tcurren@aol.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Avid uses the Quicktime engine when you export. That really is ancient technology.