Hello!

I did a search in forum. Found this quote from kwag:

Well, considering O-N-L-Y the notch matrix (kvcd technology):

1- TMPGENC PLUS 2.524.63.181 (last of 2.xxx series)
2- HC 0.16 (HCbatch 0.16 testrelease2 16-09-2005)
3- QUENC 0.60 (libavcodec based) --> let´s give it at least a try

Which one is the really full 100% standalone players compatible with ? Does the resolution (720x480, 352x480, 352x240) matter on compatibility also ? I mean, the larger resolution, the better compat. is ?

I am asking this because:

1- TMPGENC
had problems with lower resolutions

HC & QUENC
had problems using PAL-M

One more important question: the burning software. Does it matter ? I am trying Nero 7, but I think it has some bugs. I do not know yet for sure. Maybe is better to take nero 6 for now.

best regards

sparskter

? Just the sentence "100% Compatible with SAPs" means with WHAT SAP?

The Cyberhome505 plays all, means CCE, TmpgEnc, HC, Libavcodec ....

But if you want an Encoder which results in 100% DVD mpeg2 specs compilant streams which has been proofed over month/years, then go for CCE or TmpGEnc.
I never have heared about issues on TmpgEnc. and for shure not on CCE.
Many people also do claim a given encoder not 100% mpeg2 specs compatible cause something is setted wrong.

So if you do encode for yourself, feed the SAP with streams they do work, thats it.
If you do encode on customer request (anybody out there? ) means real Jobs for the "outside" then I'd go for CCE as its the best combo of speed and compilancy. And the Price for basic (2pass VBR only imho) is ok.
http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/basic.html

HC is also very promising, but .... its not worth safe 59$ for going into risks about compilancy (still talking about lessest riskfactor on money earning jobs) as HC is not that proofed to be compilant like CCE. Ok, HC isnt that long available and in developing stage, but I already heared about 1-2 user reports about compilancy issues.

Thanks for the reply, incredible!

Yeah, I mean ALL Stand Alone Players: SONY, LG, PHILIPS, CYBERHOME, JVC, etc. In other words, my questions could be translated as: "which encoder is closest to be 100% compatible to all of them ?".

And what about the resolutions ? Does it not matter for compatiblity ?

*curious*: I read somewhere that the "industry" (hollywood, sony pics, etc) ONLY uses a "special" hardware for their professional MPEG-2 encodes. Is that true ? No "common" software (cce ?) at all ?


best regards.

mpeg2 at 720*576(480), 704*576(480), 352*576(480) and 352*288 and mpeg1 at 352*288(240) are all DVD compliants resolutions.

That's true. Just for speed reason.
And when then use software, it is not "amateur" tools that we know (I don't know for CCE) but things like Discreet Cleaner.
http://www.dvcreators.net/products/cleaner_win.html

from CCE manual:

Sounds to be exactly my problem Many SAP plays like this when I encode at low resolutions (352X240) I will need to test it :/

The adaptive quant matrix option is very commonly used on commercial DVDs. Just check the matrices with DGIndex Besides, it is DVD compliant - if the standalone doesn't work, the standalone is not compliant

You should turn this off to make sure CCE will always use the notch.