Why is using WinAVI bad?

[Afterlife]

Just looking for some general information here.

I'm building Anime DVD's and in the past I have used TMPGenc, but due to the fact that it takes forever encoding I have started using WinAVI as frankly it takes 20 minutes to convert an xvid to a DVD with AC3 audio. Whereas TMPG takes near on 2hours an episode.

So I know WinAVI gets a lot of crap around here for being a trashy encoder, but as far as Anime is concerned is it that bad?

Thanks!

[lordsmurf]

A bad encoder is a bad encoder, period. All-in-one software also tends to leave much to be desired.

[steptoe]

Getting quality output takes time, 2 hours isn't that long

Wait until you start using AviSynth and frameserving with filters. A few of the better anime filters and functions can take upto 24 hours and more per episode but the final output is worth it



Try having a look at Cucusoft video converter if you want speed but with a possible improvment over WinAVI

http://www.avi-vcd.com/avi-to-dvd.asp


It can do batch mode, join video, converts virtually any video format including divx and xvid, can output custom formats, user definable final output quality

[jimmalenko]

Probably because WinAvi is the biggest piece of monkey crap ever