notice I didn't say "Best"...Recently here I read a lot of posts claiming newer versions of TmpGenc are buggy or do not work as efficiently as older versions. Which of the 10 releases (ranging from v2.00 to v2.59) seems best bet?

I've read several postings here that each version seems to add and subtract features/functionality arbitrarily and some of the newer releases are by far some of the best. It seems most evident with newest v2.59 Has anyone played around with the newer releases and can anyone help me out with which version might be best (with least amount of hangups) working with AVI>MPG2 (SVCD) on WinXP?

I think TmpGenc is quite impressive, but i'm leery about which one to use and I am very unfamiliar with VFAPI (newer TmpGen). Also, it seems a lot of guides posted here refer to TmpGenc yet never mention which version --which seems to make a big difference especially if the features often change between releases (slight request for future postings: remember to note version no.)

As always, thanks in advance to all. Happy New Year!!!