Cyberlink new SW PowerEncoder Mpeg4 H264

[DokSoul]

Search posts could not find anything on this new software. Sells from Cyberlink for $39.95. Claims to be able to do Mpeg 1, 2, 4 H264 and divx on the fly. Requires P4 2.2 Ghz with 256mb ram and 15 GB for installation of sw to use H264. This seems to be a real decent price. Cyberlink site posts some comparions to mpeg2. At the same bitrate the H264 file is half the size and better resolution than mpeg2. Try this link:

http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/powerencoder/index.jsp

[accountwiz]

I'm giving it a whirl. So far, the quality and speed are great, and the customization and batch modules are perfect.

[accountwiz]

OK, I'm tired and tomorrow is Christmas, but here's what I've found. tHE h264 encoder is VERY impressive. At it's highest setting, it is at least as nice as mpeg-2 in a typical dvd-9 to dvd-5 transcode. Perhaps rivalling a DVD-Rebuilder job, imo. At 1000 bitrate, it looks very nice on my LCD monitor, and is very compact. Just over 10mb/minute.

The significant downside is that none of my software players can play it, including Cyberlink's own PowerDVD! I know there are some out there that can, but the little player it comes with has basic VCR functionality. I read that PowerDVD will read it soon, but it'll probably be a pay-for add-on.

The quality is there and beautiful, but the standard is young and needs more developers to create players and editors to support it..

[celtic_druid]

h.264 encoder if I recall right is from moonlight. Not sure about the other encoders.

[accountwiz]

Moonlight has a very nice encoder. No functional batch mode, though, which kept me from buying it. Cyberlink's encoder is REALLY nice. I put LOTR Return of the King Extended Edition into a single 2.8gb file overnight and it looks every bit DVD quality.

[accountwiz]

I should add that Nero Recode is capable of significantly better quality than the Moonlight encoder. Moonlight can only do 1-pass encoding and Recode does 2 very, very well, but it takes forever.

[ALUOp]

After I install the MainConcept H.264 Encoder Preview, WMP and PowerDVD 6 can now play the H.264 file converted by the PowerEncoder.
I would say the quality seems to be quite good.
I used the preset Good Quality mode (average 1000Kbps) , and the encoding time is very fast (1:1).
A 1GB VOB produces a 230MB H.264.
I am wondering if there are any other good encoder out there that can encode the audio to anything other than mp2.

[proxyx99]

So bigger is NOT better after all...
Small is IN!

[celtic_druid]

You should try a recent ffdshow build for decoding. It now handles h.264 quite nicely.

Well Nero does AVC (h.264) and he/lc aac. You could also use mencoder and have mp3, aac, AC3, etc. audio or just encode your audio seperatly.

[ALUOp]

I have tried ffdshow, but I still can't play the H.264 file generated by PowerEncoder after installing and even rebooting.
I used the 20050122 build and selected H.264 while installing.
What is mencoder?
The limitation of the audio being only mp2 is a serious drawback of PowerEncoder.
Separately encoding the audio is a workaround but it is troublesome.

[celtic_druid]

Well you would still need a TS splitter that can handle AVC. mencoder is a commandline encoder capable of various formats like x264, xvid and libavc codecs. It comes with mplayer.

[ALUOp]

Well you would still need a TS splitter that can handle AVC. mencoder is a commandline encoder capable of various formats like x264, xvid and libavc codecs. It comes with mplayer.

Hi celtic_druid,

Could you tell me what TS splitter I need in order to play AVC files generated by PowerEncoder in Media Player Classic ?
Thanks!

[celtic_druid]

Absolutly no idea. I guess one from moonlight.

[proxyx99]

wait for maintenance patch from Cyberlink for PowerDVD,, it will surely cover H.264 now...