Premiere 6.5 Mpeg2 encoder better than Ligos?

[jra111]

I was thinking of getting Premiere 6.5 but was wondering how good its Mpeg2 encoder was. I use Arcsoft Showbiz right now and it has the ligos encoder which is good but I notice it a little grainy like shot on film.

[jfebus]

The buit in mpeg encoder in Premiere 6.5 is MainConcept and it's great!

Regards,

[EricB]

I second the motion. The current Premiere encoder does a very good job.

[jra111]

Is there a way to buy or just download the MainConcept encoder into my program?

[jfebus]

Hi jra11,

You can get the demo at www.mainconcept.com if you like it, it will only cost you $150 to get the license. The stand alone version will give you batch encoding.

Regards,

[BJ_M]

excellent encoder -- very fast also ..

if you go w/ the version in Premiere . make sure you get the update found on adobe site ..