Use Matrices wisely...

[cadbury]

Just to share my experience :

I had a lot of problems with CCE freezing before the VFAPI option.
Then I tryed to use CCE 2.62 and as I don't know what to do with the matrices tab, I selected "2.62 default" matrice. CCE worked very well but the result was ugly (the image was just like after the "solarize" effect in photoshop :( ).
It seems that this matrice is done for very high bitrate and is not suitable for SVCD encoding.
I then tryed with CCE 2.5 and the VFAPI mode (without any matrice option) and everything worked fine : no freezing and very good quality.

[DDogg]

I think there ought to be a lock and key on the matrix functions. :)

There is very little difference (if any) to me achieved on a normal encode but plenty of ways for people who are inexperienced to mess up. It is best to leave the matrix "stock" for 95% of users.