Beware. The following email I sent to MC.

The MC Demo Encoder does not work well with DirectX 9.0
Experiment: Under DirectX 9.0

I captured, in DV2, using Scenalyzer. Then I made a small movie with Ulead Video Studio 6.02 (added effects titles, etc.). The codec used was MC 2.04. Rendered to the same format with VS 6.02 to obtain a DV2 file-MC 2.04 based. Now, I encoded to an XVCD format(Bitrate 1800 only change), using the MC Encoder. The resulting Mpg file would not play in two of my Media Players(Microsoft 7.1 & Elecard). When I did the same thing using DiecrtX 8.1, I had no problems playing or burning-ever. It worked perfectly. Repeated the experiment with same the result.

I was able to test the two methods because of Drive Image. I just restored my DirectX 8.1 system drive, so I could try both DirectX 9 & DirectX 8.1, almost side by side.
The Demo Encoder does not work with DirectX 9, as the only change to the system, was changing versions of DirectX. The Encoder works well with DirectX 8.1 Please fix "MACHT SCHNELL", as I would not even consider purchase of the Encoder under such conditions.
All my other projects, using MC Encoder and Directx 8.1, worked well.
I anxiously await your reply, and please don't tell me it will work on the purchased copy only. It must work on both. All my drivers are of latest version.
System: AMD 1.2 Gig Thunderbird, Epox MB, KT133A VIA

I did a similar experiment with DV1 inputs with the same poor results.
Incidently, TMPGenc did not exhibit any of the above problems, only MC.

Joe Gotsens
pepegot1@wmconnect.com

Has anyone else found this problem with DirectX 9.0?