Hardware MPEG1 and 2 encoder

[slicemaster101]

Well here is the situation,

In the past to convert my Divx, Xvid, and other digital video files to MPEG1 and 2 (VCD, SVCD, and DVD) I have used a software encoder (TMPGEnc). TMPGEnc offers great video quality but I hate the fact that it is soooooooooo slow (typical of all software encoders). Anyways I was wondering if there are any good quality Hardware encoders out there that will allow me to convert my video files to MPEG1 and 2 faster? I actually have a ADS Tech Instant DVD 2.0 that encodes a analog video source (VHS, HI-8, etc.) to MPEG1 or 2 in real-time by using its Citrus Logic hardware MPEG encoder chip and the resulting MPEG files that it creates are very good quality, but the Instant DVD 2.0 can only encode an analog source into a digital MPEG file. I was wondering if there are any hardware MPEG encoders out there that will convert a digital video source (Divx, Xvid, etc. file) to an MPEG? Can you give me any recommendations?

Signed,
Slice

[BJ_M]

a good software encoder is faster ....

the best a hardware encoder can do is x1 speed



plus -- you can not input a file into a hardware encoder


but there is some rumour in new nvidia or ati graphics cards that they will have a bult in encoder (i think i read this somewhere)