Has Microsoft Ever Made A Good (Windows Media)Encoder?

[hech54]

I remember messing with WME many years ago and it was complete crap. But like an idiot...I decided to try a new(er) version of Windows Media Encoder. First test encode...a simple uncompressed .AVI and what do I get?
CRASH
Send/Submit This Error To Microsoft?



I must be a complete friggin' idiot.

[thecoalman]

Only trouble I've encountered with it is when you feed it a MPEG, it slows to a crawl if you try to make any changes. DV-AVI on the other hand is not a problem.

[JohnnyMalaria]

I've been using WME 9 (and programming it) all week and haven't had a single crash.

I've fed it live DV, DV AVIs and MPGs.

Do your AVIs play in Media Player (or other media players)?

[Bjs]

Ive been using since it came out , and while switching through options is still slow , its not once , ever locked up or crashed on the new p4 system .

About time .

[edDV]

Sometimes the user interface goes non-responsive while it works. Just let it finish.

[festmaster]

I found it to be remarkably slow, but the output quality was excellent.

[thecoalman]

I found it to be remarkably slow.

That's usually the case when encoding to any highly compressed format, the more its compressed the longer it takes.

[hech54]

Do your AVIs play in Media Player (or other media players)?

Yep....I made them....