which one is the best?

[ntvh]

Hi All.
I need your opion/suggestion about this video converter"http://www.video2x.com/"? I don't know much or which one are the best and price right. Please and I welcome all advice. Thanks

[budz]

I suggest you get TMPGE PLUS.
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tme.html

In my opinion the best video encoder to use. What exactly will you be doing? Capturing video to convert to DVD?

[sanjayk]

ntvh

I agree with budz, TMPGEnc is one of the best encoder available. Though others like WinAVI Converter, Nero Vision Express are also there.

[lordsmurf]

Best for what?
What exactly is "best" supposed to mean?

[jimmalenko]

Best for what?
What exactly is "best" supposed to mean?

I was thinking the same thing.

When you say "video converter", there's wayyyyyyyy too many variables and idiosynchrisies to consider to give an unequivocal straight answer IMO. I would assume by converter you mean an MPEG encoder, of which there are a number of dedicated tools - TMPGEnc, CCE, Mainconcept, Procoder, Quenc ... and the list goes on. Then on the other side of the coin there's a few all-in-ones that are used by many people here, which you can find for yourself in the tools section. IMO you need to narrow down your question a bit by mentioning typical sources that you'll be working with, so myself and other people here can accurately recommend certain programs that you may find work as well for you as they do for us.

Me, I swear by TMPGEnc Plus to encode and TMPGEnc DVD Author, for the majority of cases. There are times when I'll use other tools for certain jobs, but most of the time the TMPGEnc products work for me. They give the results that I'm happy with, and that's the single-most important thing in video - your software gives you the results YOU require. That's what the "best" software is

[reboot]

On the other side of the coin, I swear by Mainconcept mpeg encoder (or Canopus Procoder) and DVDLab Pro.

[Jah_Rankin]

On the other side of the coin, I swear by Mainconcept mpeg encoder (or Canopus Procoder) and DVDLab Pro.

I have mainconcept encoder and can't seem to find a guide here as to encoding from dvd files or dvd, Is this a encoder for just video capture?

[reboot]

No, Mainconcept will encode avi, mpg, and most other formats to DVD compliant mpeg-2 (as well as (S)VCD, mpeg-1, etc.).
If you already have "dvd files" why do you want to re-encode them? Do you mean load the .vob's?
If so, it's NOT a dvd ripper. Use DVD Decrypter in file mode.

[lordsmurf]

On the other side of the coin, I swear by ... (software)

And sometimes, we swear AT them!

[reboot]

Oh yes!

[sanjayk]

I had written about TMPGEnc as "one of the best" not "the best" . Certainly there are other good encoder like procoder, CCE etc. But as we can see form these forum, many are using TMPGEnc encoder. So it certainly comes above the rest.

[Jah_Rankin]

No, Mainconcept will encode avi, mpg, and most other formats to DVD compliant mpeg-2 (as well as (S)VCD, mpeg-1, etc.).
If you already have "dvd files" why do you want to re-encode them? Do you mean load the .vob's?
If so, it's NOT a dvd ripper. Use DVD Decrypter in file mode.

Can it be used in the format as cce in rebuilder.

cce is used in rebuilder etc.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

No, Mainconcept will encode avi, mpg, and most other formats to DVD compliant mpeg-2 (as well as (S)VCD, mpeg-1, etc.).
If you already have "dvd files" why do you want to re-encode them? Do you mean load the .vob's?
If so, it's NOT a dvd ripper. Use DVD Decrypter in file mode.

Can it be used in the format as cce in rebuilder.

cce is used in rebuilder etc.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=51d4603fcfa39f357cc8635a1079db6f&threadid=74308

Supported Encoders, you need at least ONE of these:
Cinemacraft Encoder (The Basic version is available for $59) -- Highest quality, Highly recommended.

ReJig by NIC (Free) -- this is actually a high-quality high-speed transcoder

QuEnc 0.52 or later by NIC (Free) -- a good quality encoder, the best you'll get for free. DVD-RB v0.57 requires QuEnc v0.52 or later, Earlier versions are compatible with QuEnc v0.51 and earlier.


(Planned support) TMPGENC

Others -- based upon demand.