MPEG2 encoder, not Avidemux?

BarryTheCrab · #1 03-13-2021, 04:36 PM

Is there a second choice to turn lossless AVI into decent interlaced MPEG2 files?
Avidemux is a dead end.
I have been trying Staxrip but it is not giving me video, only audio.

lordsmurf · #2 03-13-2021, 04:49 PM

TMPGEnc Plus
CCE
Procoder
MainConcept
ffmpeg command-line (CLI)
ffmpeg GUI frontend

Some free, some not.
Some better than others.
Some slower than others -- but none are really "slow" on modern systems.

I really want selur to add in MPEG encoding to Hybrid, but he needs help to do it.

BarryTheCrab · #3 03-14-2021, 08:52 AM

Well, after trying dozens of times over several months I tried using .mpeg (not .mpg) as the extension and it triggered something.
I am suddenly creating interlaced files! Makes zero sense. Just for the heck of it I tried the previous .mpg and it ALSO created interlaced material. Good grief.

BarryTheCrab · #4 03-14-2021, 10:50 AM

Ohfercryinoutloud.
I just used Avidemux 2.7.8 which has NEVER been suggested for interlaced and NEVER created an interlaced mpeg2 for me...
Well, I just used .mpeg as my extension and the darn thing is making an interlaced file.

BarryTheCrab · #5 03-15-2021, 08:03 PM

And now...neither will produce an interlaced mpegs.
But...I have found AVANTI.
It seems to be making me very nice quality interlaced mpeg-2 files with little effort.
Sure, I might be late to AVANTI, but mpeg-2 is a mature format, being a little dated matters not, methinks.
Of course I can barely scratch the surface of the GUI, but all I need is a decent encoder.