black mask without reencoding?

[manthing]

hi,

i would like to black mask my capture. currently am using tmpgenc xpress. however its reencoding is so slow.

is there another app that will do a black mask quicker or without reencoding?

if reencoding cannot be avoided, which app will do the job quickest without butchering the capture?

ta in advance.

[mats.hogberg]

Basically, you can't change any properties of a video without reencoding. The only edit possible is to cut out bits and pieces.
There are other faster encoders than TMPGEnc, but not dramatically so. AFAIK, CCE is the speed daemon among them.
One thing to keep in mind, is not to set Motion Search Precision to Highest - that takes TMPGEnc down to a crawl, without making any visible difference compared to second or even third highest setting.

/Mats

[manthing]

mats, ta for the info. i'll check the Motion Search Precision setting and also give CCE a turn.

[jimmalenko]

FWIW, A "PC playback only" solution is to load the clip using an AVISynth script which could be as simple as follws:

AVISource("clip.avi")
crop(16,16,-16,-16)
AddBorders(16,16,16,16)

Then load this through Windows Media Player.

If you need to re-encode, you could also load this script into TMPGEnc or CCE and it will handle the masking for you (traditionally much quicker than TMPGEnc's inbuilt functions).