This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Favorite mac encoder these days?

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Re: [Avid-L2] Favorite mac encoder these days?

Assuming you are making MP4's at moderate bitrates (2+Mbps), almost anything will do. MP4 codecs are highly refined. I happen to use Encoder mostly. I get slightly different results between Encoder and Compressor, but I can't see that either is better. I stopped using Sorenson when I saw that it was altering gamma significantly on my MP2s. That was a VERY long time ago and I've never gone back.

If for some reason you are making MP2's, then I'm not a fan of any of those. I use TMPEGEnc (now Video Masterworks) from Pegasys on Windows for MP2 except for DVD spec elements at 7-9Mbps. In that case, I use Compressor. If it looks bad I go to TMPEGEnc. It's actually the only thing I still use Windows for. It does a good job with MP4 as well. I never tried to install TMPEGEnc in a virtual machine on a Mac, but I considered it. I believe it would work, especially if you have an nVidia card.

I also like Handbrake if it is more convenient. I generally do this only to go from MKV (Encoder does not like) or directly from encoded disc.

By the way, the big three are all pretty crappy at deinterlacing with Encoder arguably the worst. I still struggle with deinterlacing. Oddly Handbrake is pretty good, but not at it's defaults. Fortunately I don't have to deinterlace very often. When I do, it generally requires some experimentation.

cheers,

tod

On Aug 17, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

It has been awhile since I last checked out the options for encoding.

I tend to export a QT Reference and then encode outside the AVID.

Assuming Mac only, any opinions on Squeeze vs Compresser vs Adobe Media
Encoder (vs Handbrake or anything else?)

Mostly I am making screeners of cuts from a 10.10.5 Mid-2014 MBP to post
for client review.

Thanks for any advice!

Dan

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