Now is Nero doing what TMPGenc is doing?

[joeAgain------]

.....making paid users buy additional Mpeg-2 software?

Their soon to be released upgrade requires a $31(US) additional program to work with Mpeg-2.

Is that right? Or am I reading their website wrong?

[Baldrick]

It has always cost extra to use nero's mpeg2 built in encoding(the mpeg2 plugin) but to burn already encoded mpeg2 is included with the main application.

[tom28]

The Mpeg2/SVCD is always an option for you to buy if you want to encode your file to SVCD within Nero. Thus, you don't need to buy the plug-in if you already have an encoded SVCD file. I believe they already included the limited trials of mpeg2/svcd encoding for you to try it out for number of times then it won't work after.