Canopus ProCoder 2 mpeg 2 to XVID (MPEG4) OR DIVX conversion help please?

Can anyone provide me settings, CODECS, etc., to convert mpeg2 to XVID
mpeg4? Will Canopus provide better quality conversion from mpeg2 to
DIVX?

 

I haven't tried ProCoder so I've no detailed info about it,
but I think you are misinterpreting the function of the Encoder.
The Encoding that you are paying for and is better or worse
than other encoders, is the MPEG Encoding. The other
codec based encoding is largely the same for all the encoders.
That said some can mess up a codec, or limit your use of one.

If you were going TO MPEG2 then ProCoder might shine,
although I hear CCE is a little better.

VirtualDubMod does a great job with most codec, and I've
always liked AutoGK for Xvid.

Luck;
Ken

 

Thanks Ken.

I've dabbled with VirtualDubMod but I usually don't like the results.
Too much tinkering for little gain but that could be my own limitation
not the program. Does it have a batch like function?

I did not know CCE would convert MPG2 files?

So far I find ProCoder output quality terrific but at the expense of
time and expense of program cost.

 

Hmmm... I still think you are missing the point, CCE is an
MPEG Encoder, like ProCoder, TMPGEnc Encoders, and
others. Their main purpose is to convert something, usually
DV-AVI, into DVD compliant MPEG. Many also offer the
capability to encode using whatever codec you have installed/
registered, but then the quality is determined more by the
codec than the program.

There is a new release of AutoGK, just posted yesterday,
you might want to give that a try. If you are thinking that
there is some advantage to an expensive encoder for encoding
to Xvid, you would be wrong. Xvid and AutoGK were
created by the same "community of enthusiasts" process, and it
is the Xvid codec that you mention as what you want to encode
into.

Another example; all the major players in the pay for encoder
business have been trying to put out a good AVC/H264 encoder.
I've tried all the demos I could get my hands on, and none of them
could match what the free X264 can do, even now. And as the
development continues it will only get better. Another great example
is the "ffdshow" project at sourceforge.

Luck;
Ken

 

Hmmm... I still think you are missing the point, CCE is an

I'm "experimenting" as well. I too am finding quality mpeg 2 encode
provides better viewing quality than mpeg4. Some divx encodes I have
seen are stellar as well.

 

I agree "finding quality mpeg 2 encode
provides better viewing quality than mpeg4. "

I am using my aiw for mpeg2/mpeg4 capture.

My exception is mpeg4 is a little
faster to encode, so I might use it to get some fast ideas, what the video
looks like...

xman

 

That depends on a number of factors, for instance my HD
Media Player does a much better job upconverting my
hardware encoded half D1 MPEG2 than it does with even
full D1 Xvid. The X264 looks the best of the MPEG4 on
my PC, but my Media Player doesn't have the codec.

Part of the issue is clouded by the impact of so many possible
settings, for the MPEG4 encoders. A comparison between
one with the right settings and one with the wrong settings, is
not a fair comparison. And it takes a lot of tweaking to hit
on the best settings for each encoder.

Luck;
Ken

 

Ken,

Do you have any suggested settings that have worked for you?

Thanks,
Sparky

 

Ken,

Do you have any suggested settings that have worked for you?

Thanks,
Sparky

 

It's not that easy, there are always some differences for:
each encoder, each codec, each OS optimization, each playback
environment, the requirements of any editing, authoring, burning
software, ect...

There is a reason all those settings are made available. I find that
it's best to start with the defaults and then try and work out what
changes in the setting will correct or improve the results. Make
only one change at a time, then check the results. If you are really
serious you should keep notes that are keyed to result files, you keep
to make comparisons with. What I often do is name my test files
with the change I'm testing.

The usual settings of immediate concern are bit rate, image size (both
storage & display), aspect ratio, audio compression, interlace, motion
detection, Profile @ Level, and target quantization (as an alternate to
bit rate). There is also the major consideration of whether you want to
do a single pass encoding or a multi-pass encoding.

Once you have everything set right make a profile and/or write down
the settings that worked best. At some point in the future you will add
a driver, codec, or update that will impact on your encoding, it's good
to have a reference to the settings that worked before. This can be
especially true if you have to reinstall the encoder or your OS.

If you look at the Xvid encoder configuration it provides for "Quality
presets" but I don't see how you save the "User defined" as separately
named files. So you would need to write down your changes to the
default for each different profile you want to have.

Luck;
Ken

 

Why not use total video converter? http://www.effectmatrix.com

 

Thanks Ken. I will continue to tweak my video encoding education.

 

Insall XVID drivers

and VirtualDubMPG outputs XVID AVI just fine

www.videohelp.com