TMPGEnc v2.50 - PROS/CONS Master List

[vhelp]

TMPGEnc v2.50 - PROS/CONS Master List
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Add your pros and cons here. I'll revise master list, should there be
one for us all. I'm hoping to follow this same format for future
lists of this sort. ...else i'll just compile all the responses later.
Thanks.

Also, it might be helpful if you state your specs, ie,
>> XP 1700+ in an MSI via KT133 chipset MB

PROS:
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* Speed of encodes (for standard templages or VCD/SVCD)
> XP...VCD= / SVCD=
> dual...VCD= / SVCD=
> P4...VCD= / SVCD=
> dual...VCD= / SVCD=
my XP 1700+ speed for VCD=N/A / SVCD=N/A
*

CONS:
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* Automatic VBR (CQ_VBR) is broken.
Is stuck on 3000 even though user can
change its settings, ie, 2520, will show up as 3000 in MPEG2VCR and w/ this
tiny app by Mediaware, MPEG Properties v1.0, it shows 3000
I use for quickies,

* VFAPI Plug-ins
this list seems to always change out of order, and is a pain to have to
reset the order every new version! "I had a major hard time w/ this one
being out of order for me and being that I framesever, it was a real pain
in the butt to get working right"

* [x] Source Range, under Advanced tab
this feature has ben slowed. It now pauses during pgup/pgdn or lf/rt movsments

* SSE
though it is grayed out, it is ALWAYS on. I like to shut it off during some
of my encodes. If I'm trying to compare my encoding quality, I can't w/out this
option being non-updateable! Also, if [x] SSE box is checked, the DCT box under
Quantize Matrix tab is fixed as being [x] checked permanently.

* SSE2
this box under the CPU tab seems to be grayed out. I have an XP, but was still
grayed out. Not sure why though.

* VCD Encode Quality
1 - someone said that the quality wasn't so good as in previous versions.
I did a quick test (12.28.01) and quality seemed ok, but then again, i'm not
an VCD regular. I made xSVCD mostly. This does not include xVCD's.
2 - I noticed that on some of my test VCD (standard template) samples, that
in my bitrate viewer, it would show (104mb Mbit/s), but in MPEG2VCR, it would
show 1.150Mbit/s rate. So, I'm not sure what to believe here.

* SVCD Encode Quality
I cannot comment on the quality (at least for my xSVCD encodes) because of the
issue above (read [* Automatic VBR (CQ_VBR) is broken.] above)
> CQ...
> VBR...
> 2pass...

** Please note, that the above are based on my system specs, and that could be
the reason for all those CONS as a result.
** also, in the encoded samples, I used DVD rips and Satalete captures as my
bases for these tests.

I hope this helps us all get started is a master list for all to be aware of.
I hope I have the right Idea peoples. . .

-vhelp

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: vhelp on 2001-12-28 20:00:41 ]</font>

[Zebu]

* SSE2
this box under the CPU tab seems to be grayed out. I have an XP, but was still
grayed out. Not sure why though.

The AMD Athlon XP only contains SSE1, thats why SSE2 was greyed out