best mpeg encoder?

[hungrygoose]

ok.......there it is.........i'm wanting to make vcd's to play in my dvd player......but i have avi's and divx stuff that i need to get into mpeg so roxio easy cd creator 5.0 will burn them....n e advice????

 

[Ryukumu]

I'm not sure how to make VCDs in Roxio (probably not that hard though), but a lot of people including me like TMPGenc for encoding MPEGs.

 

[Doh!]

TMPGEnc is free & very versatile but can be difficult for newbies.

Xing is also powerful but it's not free.

Roxio's VideoPack is the easiest of all with burning capability (video encoding/editing + cd burning combined) and full support for avi but it's $500.

You can also use AVI2VCD which is free and pretty quick (grab the version with the "decompress" function).

Check out VCD Help for more info.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

TMPGEnc is best but as Doh as said has a brutal learning curve. CCE is another but its not free and costs a buttload. If you ever decide to start ripping dvds then you would be better to try doing SVCD.

 

[hungrygoose]

where's a good place to find those?.....i looked on zdnet but didn't find n e thing

 

[Ryukumu]

They've got links to all the tools at www.vcdhelp.com somewhere

I agree, TMPGenc does have a pretty bad learning curve. It took me a few days to find the (somewhat) hidden template settings for making VCD-compliant video clips. ^_^;;;

 

[hungrygoose]

one more question.....approximately how long does it take to encode movies????full length movies of course