Elecard Converter Studio AVC HD Edition v 3.0 with a new H.264 encoder.

[IgorC]

http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/converter-studio/

Using G4 codecs instead of old components
Overwriting of the existing profile in the task list
Only selected task coding in the task list
Two-pass audio correction ussing Elecard Sound Level Corrector
Maximum bitrate limitaion of the for video encoders
Tooltips for the enhanced settings
«Save the profile» button is on the task setting bar
LATM format demultiplexer support
MP4 compatibility with FLV format
The new mode of field coding of the interlaced video into MPEG-2
The new option «add files to the list of tasks with the profile»
Some new settings were added in the enhanced AVC/H.264 encoder settings
Export and import of the profiles from the application
Selecting the default profile
Audio and video tracks choosing in the preview window from the context menu

[MuTeK]

Elecard starts beta-testing for Converter Studio ProHD 3.0.
http://elecard.ru/news/news_arch.php?nid=172

[Sagittaire]

H264 encoder produce better quality ... ?

[MuTeK]

produce better speed...

[kuka2]

and better quality. Especially on at high resolutions and low bitrates - 1080i at 4-5 mbit - quality is much better then with the old encoder. No quality flickering - when quality drops down on each I-frame, no quality "waves" when you have a ten seconds of garbage and then then ten seconds of good video during the same scene.

[Sagittaire]

and better quality. Especially on at high resolutions and low bitrates - 1080i at 4-5 mbit - quality is much better then with the old encoder. No quality flickering - when quality drops down on each I-frame, no quality "waves" when you have a ten seconds of garbage and then then ten seconds of good video during the same scene.

Well mutek write the code ... he say just better speed.

[kuka2]

Well mutek write the code ... he say just better speed.
OK, make a simple test. Take slow motion HD video with many details, say, parkrun. And encode it by the new and the old CS at the same bitrate. Doesn't matter VBR or CBR. At any bitrate up to 12 MBit (or even more) you will see exactly what I told.

[Sagittaire]

OK, make a simple test. Take slow motion HD video with many details, say, parkrun. And encode it by the new and the old CS at the same bitrate. Doesn't matter VBR or CBR. At any bitrate up to 12 MBit (or even more) you will see exactly what I told.

Well it's not better quality (like better ME, RDO, partition mode, Grain optimisation, AQ optimisation ...) but just certainely different ratio between IB or IP frame transition with no-scenecut frame. With high ratio for x264 you can make popup keyframe too. It's just a really simple RC tweak.

[IgorC]

Now when there is x264 with excellent film grain retention and psy rdo developers of commercial H.264 codecs have a lot of work to do.

[Sagittaire]

Now when there is x264 with excellent film grain retention and psy rdo developers of commercial H.264 codecs have a lot of work to do.

Yes x264 is by far better for that now. In fact now x264 is by far the best in all situation.

[Jay Bee]

I can't find AVC in the encoder settings, only MPEG-2, DV and HuffYUV?

[MuTeK]

ECS AVCHD supported only MPEG-2 and DV.
ECS Mobile, Consumer and ProHD supported all video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, AVC/H.264, DV25).

How to join the ProHD beta... (http://www.elecard.com/news/news_arch.php?nid=172)

[Jay Bee]

Yeah, that's what the features list says. But thought it was funny that the software is called AVC HD edition and that people in this thread are talking mainly about an encoder that isn't part of this software...

Anyway, looking into the beta thing right now, thx.

[MuTeK]

Prior to the official release of Elecard Converter Studio ProHD, we will be awarding the BEST beta-tester: the one who has Provided the most valuable contribution to help us track down the bugs and Shared with us ideas for the new features and functionality.

The winner will receive the full version of Elecard Converter Studio ProHD v.3.0 for free! The second and the third best contributors will get 50% and 30% discount on the
product respectively.

You'd better hurry up to get it!

[IgorC]

Update
New H.264 codec http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/converter-studio/