ProCoder 2.0 now released

[BJ_M]

http://www.canopus.us/US/products/ProCoder2/pt_procoder2.asp

Advanced Features
> Aspect ratio conversion
> Frame rate interpolation and conversion
> Automatic adaptive deinterlacing
> NTSC/PAL conversion
> 3:2 pulldown
> Multi-pass VBR processing
> Full HD support for MPEG and Windows Media
> VOB file and DVD-Video image creation with chapter points
> Save droplets for quick, drag-and-drop conversion
> Job queuing manager with priority functions
> Separate audio import/export options including multiplexing
> Export plug-in for Canopus EDIUS and Adobe® Premiere® Pro
(includes DVD-Video image export options)
> Multiprocessor and Hyper-Threading support for faster encoding
> Multiple colorspace support – including YUV, RGB
> Timecode and Closed Caption data preservation after conversion
> Full license of DivX Pro™ included

Produce, Perfect, Process
ProCoder 2.0 provides powerful tools to prepare source video for conversion. Features such as stitching allow multiple source clips in different formats and resolutions to be linked together to create one or more target clips. Video and audio filters provide useful enhancement tools, such as bitmap overlay, cropping and volume adjustment, to ensure perfect input before encoding, while target filters add the flexibility to make specific adjustments for particular output formats.
> Specify advanced encoding parameters


Speed Without Limits
Utilizing the full power of modern computer systems through Canopus 's Scalable Technology architecture, ProCoder 2.0's conversion speed increases with the power of the system. In many cases, ProCoder 2.0 can transcode files faster than realtime, outperforming many costly hardware encoders.
Local/Networked Watch Folders
ProCoder 2.0 can be configured to automatically encode any video file copied to a designated watch folder. Assign specific encoding parameters to the desired watch folder and place it on a network so that anyone, including editors on Mac OS-based systems, can encode video with ProCoder.

Queue Management
Prioritize multiple transcoding jobs using the ProCoder 2.0 Queue Manager. Keep track of which jobs are being encoded, and pause, remove or restart jobs as needed. The Queue Manager also provides information on each job's progress, as well as warnings or error messages if they occur.

> Create Watch Folders to automatically encode footage

> ProCoder 2.0's
Queue Manager


HD and HDV Support
ProCoder 2.0 fully supports HD (720p and 1080i) and can transcode between HD and SD seamlessly. It can also encode HD resolutions and frame rates between formats, including MPEG, DivX, Windows Media 9 and QuickTime. ProCoder 2.0 is fully compliant with HDV MPEG Transport streams captured from HDV cameras and decks.

Wizard Mode
ProCoder 2.0's easy-to-use wizard prompts users with a few simple questions about the desired target medium and automatically sets the optimal quality settings for the selected medium, while still providing advanced controls for manual customization.
> ProCoder 2.0 Wizard




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Source Formats
> Canopus DV
> Microsoft DV
> Any Video for Windows codec
> Any DirectShow codec
> Any QuickTime™ codec
> MPEG-1, MPEG-2
> Macromedia® Flash™ video
> Windows Media™
> DivX®
> MP3 and PCM WAV files
> AVISynth script files
> Still images including BMP, TGA, TIF, PNG and JPG

Target Formats
> Canopus DV
> Microsoft DV
> Any Video for Windows codec
> Any DirectShow codec
> Any QuickTime codec
> MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (using Canopus codec)
> VOB (DVD-Video image)
> ACM codecs
> Macromedia Flash video (with Flash MX installed)
> Windows Media
> RealVideo®
> DivX (including multi-pass)
> MP3 and PCM WAV files

Video Filters
> 601 to 709 Color Correction (ITU-R BT 601 SD to ITU-R BT 709-5 HD)
> 709 to 601 Color Correction (ITU-R BT 709-5 HD to ITU-R BT 601 SD)
> Adaptive De-Interlace
> Bitmap Keying
> Black/White Correction
> Blur
> Circular Blur
> Color Correction
> Color Safe
> Crop
> Fade In/Out
> Gamma Correction
> Gaussian Blur
> Median
> Video Pulldown
> Video Rotate
> Video Sharpen
> Temporal Noise Reducer

Audio Filters
> Lowpass
> Normalize
> Volume
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> ProCoder 2.0 installation CD-ROM
> ProCoder 2.0 user manual
> ProCoder 2.0 USB dongle

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> Intel® Celeron®, Intel Pentium® III, Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon™,
AMD Athlon XP or AMD Duron™ processor, 800MHz CPU or faster (Multiprocessor and Hyper-Threading support included)
> 256MB RAM (512MB of RAM required for HD encoding)
> 80MB free disk space
> DirectX 9.0 or later
> Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Home or
Windows® XP Professional
> One free USB port (1.1 or higher)
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> 90-day limited warranty
> Access to the ProCoder 2.0 registered users Web site at www.canopus.com

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[Gazorgan]

That looks great! I'm a real procoder fan, but I wanna read some more reviews before dropping $150 on an upgrade. I like the Audio options.

Now if I can figure out why when I batch encode, 1/3 of the files barf in Procoder (but never in TMPG or Mainconcept) (and now, I've checked the files, they are clean).