Poor MPEG encoding in Platinum

Andy C wrote on 4/20/2006, 8:21 AM

Is it just me, or does the MPEG encoder in Platinum produce poorer quality results compared to those in VMS4?
In VMS4 I was always happy with the rendered results, but in VMS Platinum the MPEG video has more artifacts and is over-saturated. It was only after someone else mentioned they were using MainConcept's stand-alone encoder that I thought I'd try it out as well. I know it's a dedicated package but I was very impressed with the results and I'm sure VMS4 used to be of similar quality. I'd love to hear from anyone else about Platinum's new encoder.
Take a look at these example snapshots to see what I mean.

Comments

fishbelt wrote on 4/20/2006, 11:25 AM

I have the same concern about MP3 player. 6 months ago or so something change and ever since then MS mp3 player plays really bad for, with Vegas platinum or anything i play in it. Hope yyou get some answers.

Andy C wrote on 4/20/2006, 1:17 PM

Sorry fishbelt, I don't follow what you're trying to say. MP3 player? In Vegas? In Windows? Are you sure you want the Vegas forums at all?
Please clarify!

fishbelt wrote on 4/21/2006, 9:41 PM

well Andy I have not any problems with Vegas but when I use Ms media player for antthing it's fussy and pextiles are present. Just looks bad. This started some time ago as I tried up dates etc. If I use some other players it works well. Vlc works great and so did winampe. Just microsoft media player is terrible? Use to play well, even e mail stuff. I just stoped using MS media player. Ya I like the forums. It just bugged me.

stevec5375 wrote on 4/22/2006, 6:13 AM

Microsoft support is at http://support.microsoft.com/.