New quicktime export to Windows Media avaliable

[DanSlagle]

Seems like a "fair" price - $99. Import plugin avaliable next month. Yeah!

[BJ_M]

$179 for the pro /HD version .. seems a bit of a rip off

[BJ_M]

though except for cleaner 6 - not a lot of choice

[DanSlagle]

though except for cleaner 6 - not a lot of choice

EXACTLY! I was NOT looking forward to upgrading cleaner to get version 9 level encoding.

[AntnyMD]

If you must make "Windows-friendly" non-QuickTime encodes, just use the free Real Media 10 exporter (http://www.realnetworks.com/products/realexport/). An export module for $179? Insane.

[DanSlagle]

If you must make "Windows-friendly" non-QuickTime encodes, just use the free Real Media 10 exporter (http://www.realnetworks.com/products/realexport/). An export module for $179? Insane.

Real will be charging for it one it goes "Gold" and $179 is cheap if you compare to other Pro MPEG encoders and Sorenson.

[AntnyMD]

You can get the use of a bunch of codecs with QuickTime Pro for $30. How is $179 cheaper than $30?

[BJ_M]

Real Media 10 i would not call "friendly' or good ...

[DanSlagle]

You can get the use of a bunch of codecs with QuickTime Pro for $30. How is $179 cheaper than $30?

Another $20 to watch MPEGs and no MPEG export fuctionality. I am "pretty familiar" with what's out there.

$179 is cheaper than:
Cleaner $600
Compressor $200+ depending (it comes with DVD SP and Final Cut HD)
Sorenson $400+

Heck even DivX that I consider "non-standard" is $50!

[mhar4]

I use MPEG1 encoded with ffmpegX as my low bitrate most-cross-platform-compatible codec of choice. Not ideal but works well within HTML and can look pretty good when it's done right.

[DanSlagle]

I use MPEG1 encoded with ffmpegX as my low bitrate most-cross-platform-compatible codec of choice. Not ideal but works well within HTML and can look pretty good when it's done right.

"Pretty good" is the important statement there. Not "Pro" Have you ever compared your best MPEG encode (encoding time included) to Compressor or Bitvise?

[mhar4]

It all depends on the use. For my purposes, the kind of quality I get and the encode times are perfectly adequate. I am not doing broadcast quality material, but making short clips available to students on a CD-R, hence the need for cross-platform compatibility. But it is a huge bonus for them to be getting anything like that at all, and its more common in my line of work (i.e. a university) to be using multiple-generation VHS copies (which look really bad) than anything digital. For my home use, if I archive tv or video material in a low bitrate format I always use MPEG-4, which can deliver excellent results. If quality is at a premium, I have a hardware MPEG2 encoder, and I author DVDs. Again, the quality can be really fantastic.