I've been messing around with different h.264 encoding methods: Vegas, Handbrake, Badaboom, Media Espresso, etc.
What I'm finding is that Handbrake gives me the best looking results at any given bitrate. At low bitrates the difference is just stunning. At higher bitrates, the difference is less, but still easy to see even with casual viewing. This is with progressive shot and edited projects, so it isn't because of Handbrake's excellent decombing option.
My question is, why does Handbrake look so darned good? and is there anything else that is as good or better? and are their any GPU accerated options that look as good as Handbrake?
And one more question: in order to transcode with Handbrake, I need to use uncompressed or mpeg2 (like m2tor .mxf). It is kind of frustrating to have to do a large uncompressed render then transcode with Handbrake in order to get the highest quality on my Vimeo uploads. Does anyone have a better way to do this?
What I'm finding is that Handbrake gives me the best looking results at any given bitrate. At low bitrates the difference is just stunning. At higher bitrates, the difference is less, but still easy to see even with casual viewing. This is with progressive shot and edited projects, so it isn't because of Handbrake's excellent decombing option.
My question is, why does Handbrake look so darned good? and is there anything else that is as good or better? and are their any GPU accerated options that look as good as Handbrake?
And one more question: in order to transcode with Handbrake, I need to use uncompressed or mpeg2 (like m2tor .mxf). It is kind of frustrating to have to do a large uncompressed render then transcode with Handbrake in order to get the highest quality on my Vimeo uploads. Does anyone have a better way to do this?