What encode tool for VC-1

[weaver4]

What tool(s) are people using to encode VC-1?

[zambelli]

So far only Microsoft's VC-1 implementation - WMV9 - is widely and freely available. I think there was an effort to get a VC-1 encoder into ffmpeg. I'm pretty sure MainConcept and Nero will eventually come out with VC-1 encoding solutions too, but I don't know when and how much $.

[popper]

So far only Microsoft's VC-1 implementation - WMV9 - is widely and freely available. I think there was an effort to get a VC-1 encoder into ffmpeg. I'm pretty sure MainConcept and Nero will eventually come out with VC-1 encoding solutions too, but I don't know when and how much $.

then that 'VC-1 encoder into ffmpeg'would be rather odd, you could then use the PS3 PPU/SPU's to encode VC-1 video for the 360 :D

shame the 360 cant use linux as an easy option.......

[zambelli]

then that 'VC-1 encoder into ffmpeg'would be rather odd, you could then use the PS3 PPU/SPU's to encode VC-1 video for the 360 :D
Actually, my bad, now that I googled for it a little bit, it does seem that only the decoder was developed for Ffmpeg. No sign of a VC-1 encoder yet.

[popper]

Actually, my bad, now that I googled for it a little bit, it does seem that only the decoder was developed for Ffmpeg. No sign of a VC-1 encoder yet.

thats a shame :) i guess we will never see a free 3rd party one then.

any sign of letting the 360 encode its own VC-1 video content, seems a shame to have all that Altivec power just sitting there going to waste?,guess not, while you cant run 3rd party apps on the running OS,.....
(still it can play PS3 encoded AVC/H264 content i assume so its not all bad)

[zambelli]

thats a shame :) i guess we will never see a free 3rd party one then.
Never? I don't know about never. I'd say it's just a matter of time.

[foxyshadis]

VC-1 decoder was one of last summer's "summer of code" projects. Maybe the encoder will be next summer's if no one's taken a serious stab at it by then.

[vsv]

Elecard planned to implement VC-1 encoding in later versions their Converter Studio Pro HD.
http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/converter-studio/

[Golgot13]

Microsoft have the best tool to encode in VC1

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To my mind, the H264 professional encoder is better(quality):
there is two software Ateme and Elecard (Mainconcept).

But the MS support is better, so all studio use only VC1 on HDDVD
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[sillKotscha]

(and soon in BluRay).

are you sure about that?... I thought that VC-1 is clearly related to the HD-DVD camp and won't be used on BD disks because unfortunately they like to rely on MPEG-2 for their HD content or maybe h.264 as well on later disks but in no way VC-1...

at least, that was what I have found out so far... but maybe I'm wrong

[pookpooi]

are you sure about that?... I thought that VC-1 is clearly related to the HD-DVD camp and won't be used on BD disks because unfortunately they like to rely on MPEG-2 for their HD content or maybe h.264 as well on later disks but in no way VC-1...

at least, that was what I have found out so far... but maybe I'm wrong

What you found is 1st generation of Bluray-DVD (single layer with MPEG-2)

[Episode]

@sillKotscha, Both Blu-ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc) and HD-DVD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD) support VC-1, MPEG2 and MPEG4 AVC. There is no reason why there wouldn't be any VC-1 movies for Blu-ray.

[zambelli]

VC-1 encoded movies on BluRay discs have already been released. Check out some of Warner Bros' titles.

[Golgot13]

I see some DVB test with VC1 video stream.
VC1 can be use like MPEG2 video codec on lot of applications:
TV live, Video support (HDDVD/BlueRay), VoD (like XBox 360 VoD)
...



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