*** Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder has just been released ***

[arman68]

Dear Customer,

This is the release notice from Panasonic Digital NetworkServe Inc.

We now released Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder!
We approgize for the delay. We did our best to make sure
the quality of this new product is high enough to satisfy our valuable customers like yourself.

Please visit our new site to try Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder! This new site is the official site for Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder. You can enter the site from the following URL: http://pdn.securethink.co.jp

To lower the price, we sell Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder at
our web site only. We appreciate your understanding.
If you have any question or comment regarding to the product
or the site, please post them on BBS or simply e-mail us!

We hope you enjoy Panasonic MPEG2&1 Encoder!

Best Regards,

Customer Support
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Panasonic Ditial NetworkServe Inc.
MPEG2&1 Encoder Customer Support
<mpeg2@pdn.mei.co.jp>
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[Baldrick]

I'm testing the demo right now.

Download the Panasonic MPEG2 demo from here http://pdn.securethink.co.jp/en/product/fset_J13.html

[Waylander076]

Baldrick: What's results of the test so far?

Is it any good quality wise?
Does the quality compare with CCE for mpg2 and the original panasonic
encoder for mpg 1?

Can you frameserve via virtual dub and Avi Synth to it?

Regards
Waylander

[Baldrick]

It doesnt work that well. It crashes in winxp sp1 when I encode an indeo video 5 avi file. I'm now trying in win2k compatibility mode. It is very slow also...

[Waylander076]

Hmmm...not the results i was expecting...I'll have to download the demo
later when i'm at home and try it on win98se...

Waylander

[SatStorm]

I can't download the demo with opera 6.5.
Only IE5-6 looks to work

[BuckWheat249]

Hhmmm, hard to download and crashes alot... sounds like they may have ATI doing their quality control.

We'll keep watching to see how it turns out. Always interested in a new MPG2 codec.

[SimonH]

Anyone manage to get VBR working yet ? That, and therefore 2Pass are greyed out on mine.

[offline]

Jeeze is this crash happy or what.

- XP without SP1
- divide by zero error

At least Panasonic's old encoder is still great for VCD's.


@ SimonH, the video stream option you choose at the start
affects if you have access to VBR or not.

Under Win XP without SP1 all ok & no crashes seems 100% stable.

Just done 2 1 minute samples MP2 2pass VBR at Various Bitrates, waiting for Tmpgenc to finish then I´ll do a comparision on the TV..

Its definitely slower than Tmpgenc.

[BJ_M]

i cant get it so far to finsh anything before crash-- soon as i do ill post comparisons with others ... .

[Dragonsf]

I tried the encoder yesterday (Under Win2K standard setup from DV to SVCD (PAL): no crashes but took about 45min for the 3 min demo)This is rather slow, compared to tmpgenc (12 min) or ULEAD (9 min) with the same setup.
Quality is quite good, but IMHO not outstanding.
I think, it's not worth the price.

Did a comparision with Tmpgenc & Panasonic

Two x 1 minute samples MP2 2pass VBR.

The colours in Panasonic were all washed out+ panasonic is damm slow.

I can post the samples if someone has some web space/interested.

2x 20mb(av 2500 ) + 2 x 26mb(av 3500). Both 1min samples from Shaft.

[tenders]

well with all the crashes it is obvious that this program has a few bugs. i'll stick with tmpg

[Dragonsf]

I wonder, why did they publish this encoder and why it took so long?
Qualtiywise not good, very slow in encoding, very expensive and I don't know about compatibilty.

[vitualis]

Has anyone tested the MPEG-1 encoding?

Regards.

[BJ_M]

I tested the Panasonic in VCD , SVCD and DVD outputs now

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=331760#331760