Encoding/Authoring Confusion

slick204 wrote on 6/28/2004, 9:25 PM

I've been reading lots about authoring tools lately and have a few questions.
I believe I've read that MyDVD will re-encode an imported mpeg2, is this true? I read that both MS3 and MyDVD use the same encoder (MainConcept) and also that the MS3 encoder is better than MyDVD. I can't find information from the software companies on which programs will author without re-encoding. Is there any place that compares authoring tools side by side? Anyone use NeroVision Express or TMPGEnc DVD Author? Comments welcome!

Steve

Comments

allyn wrote on 6/28/2004, 10:23 PM

1. mydvd will not re-encode a compliant mpeg-2 file. if you hand it an avi file or an mpeg-2 file that is incorrect in some way it will encode it into mpeg-2 (it has to or the dvd wouldn't work).

2. i believe that moviestudio and mydvd use different encoders, in which case movie studio's is probably better. i think this because i used mydvd a couple of times for authoring including mpeg-2 encoding and it worked fine. later the first time i used movie studio's mainconcept mpeg-2 encoder i had to do an online registration. the fact that mydvd didn't need require this makes me think it does not use the same encoder.

IanG wrote on 6/29/2004, 12:46 AM

>I can't find information from the software companies on which programs will author without re-encoding. Is there any place that compares authoring tools side by side?

DVDLab doesn't re-encode - it only accepts compliant mpeg. MS' is fine! dvdhelp has a lot of useful info, but I don't think there's a clear winner.

Ian G.