I tried to install TMPGEnc and it crashed some software on my computer.
TMPGEnc never did work and I had to do a full restore to get my system
straight.  I'm using Win2000 on a  1.4GHz P4.  Could be fluke, of course,
but there seem to be enough encoder candidates out there such that it will
be awhile before I try that one again.
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"Nicolas Calimet" <pov### [at] freefr> wrote in message
news:39FDB1CF.6DB2BD63@free.fr...
> <french>
> Salut Simon ;-)
> </french>
>
> >         I have been using mpeg2encode for a few months now and this is
the only tool
> > I've used at all for encoding MPEG from pictures.
> >
> > I was wondering two things,
> >  1) what are the software for linux that are capable of encrypting a
good
> > animation for the IRTC. (ie: valid encryption)
> >  2) what are the software for linux that are capable of encrypting an
animation
> > with the Best quality of frames and still a bit of compression (I'm
talking
> > about mpeg, not avi...)
>
> What's wrong with the MSSG encoder ? What do you mean by valid encoding ?
> The mpeg2encode tool is supposed to give you "valid" files since it has
been
> used for the test models of the MPEG Commitee.
> There are several ways to improve quality of an encoding, in general
> sense, not only with this tools. Parameters depend on which models you
want
> to use (MPEG-1 or 2), the bitrate you need, the type of source (TV caps,
CG
> animation, ...) and much more. I could manage having correct results in
MPEG-2
> with this tool while tweaking default parameters carefully.
> Under Linux, I don't know much good softs for encoding, but there's
> one that rules in Windows platform: TMPGEnc. It's free until now, best
quality
> ever - even commercial softs can't cope with it. Produces
VCD/SVCD/DVD(NTSC)-
> compliant video streams. It's a japanese soft, but there are english
ressources
> for it (patch) until the author switch to an english version (should be
the
> next release).
>
> Current TMPGEnc website:          www.yks.ne.jp/~hori/TMPGEnc.html
> Future location (not ready yet):  www.tmpgenc.com
> English ressources:               www.jamsoft.com/tmpgenc/ [check this one
first]
>
> Note: I posted similar infos in p.unix a few months ago in the
> "mpeg_encode Berkeley" thread (2000-08-20)
>
> Believe me, you should try it, it's also very fast. Input in from AVI
> stream, but you can easily make it from TGA files.
> This soft, a few other tools, and DVD players are the only reason for
> me to keep windoze on my PC ;-)
>
>
> *** Nicolas Calimet
> *** http://pov4grasp.free.fr

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