Mediaencoder - Any good?

[FallenAngelII]

Is Mediaencoder any good? I just tried it out and it works pretty well. I just want to know how it compares to meGUI. Is Mediaencoder a GUI as well? Using the same settings with both programs will yield the exact same file?

And how fast does Mediaencoder encode in comparison to, say, meGUI and Staxrip?

[celtic_druid]

Yep, just a GUI, so same settings = same speed. Most audio/video apps are just using ffmpeg, x264, Xvid, etc.

[theewizard]

mediacoder never works on MY PC, always gets an error and closes

other users have problems with other programs

some people have trouble with super

[FallenAngelII]

Yep, just a GUI, so same settings = same speed. Most audio/video apps are just using ffmpeg, x264, Xvid, etc.

Is there a tangible difference between how ffmpeg and x264 encode? For example, if I use Compression Check in Staxrip and get a certain rate, will using the same setting in WinFF (ffmpeg instead of x264) yield a different compression?

[celtic_druid]

Never used ffmpeg's AVC encoder myself or you mean x264 via ffmpeg?

[FallenAngelII]

x264 via ffmpeg or however some of these GUIs that do x264 and use FFMPEG do it.