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Promising but lacks basic features found in other encoders like AutoGK. First thing it needs is a way to set the actual final file size. "Good, Better, Best" is not the way to go, or by bitrate. Best is an actual filesize. Usenet these days seems to have settled on 175MB for 1/2 hour TV series, 350MB for 1 hour series and 700MB for movies (though some may be split to 2 700MB CD-Rs). With this software, I cannot specify those file sizes, yet I can do so with AutoGK, Staxrip and others. Next is the encoder itself. I set a conversion of a Black and White TV 1 hour show from DVD-Mpeg to Xvid avi and the results were horrible, with much macroblocking, something I haven't experienced in many months. Using the default settings in AutoGK with 2 pass encoding at 350 MB for a final size, I never get such a result. Also, the file size was too small, at 269MB. There's that "no way to set file size" problem again. Will be interesting to see where this software goes though as it does have potential... |
