CCE Basic gets the 2.70 engine

[Fishman0919]

CCE Basic gets the 2.70 engine (2.70.01.02). Did 2 movies and works OK for me with DVD-RB. Little boost in speed (3.2 ish to 3.3 ish).

Edit: Link - http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/download.html#basic

[geezer]

Changelog for the latest CCE Basic.
I wonder if any of the "fixed miscellaneous bugs" will cause problems with RB ?? At least one person has had some success!


Version 2.70.01.02 Thursday, March 24, 2005

Bug Fixes
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

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Version 2.70.01.01 Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Bug Fixes
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

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Version 2.70.01.00 Friday, January 28, 2005

Bug Fixes (standalone version)
- Fixed some problems in reading compressed audio in AVI file.
- Minor bug fixes.

Change
- Updated encoder engine to 2.70.
- Updated User's Guide

Enhancements
- Enabled to read CDVC-PAL AVI whose aspect ratio is 16:9.
- Added frame number infomation in video trimming window.
- Supported QuickTime movie play on Video trimming window.

[JohnG]

Originally posted by Fishman0919
CCE Basic gets the 2.70 engine (2.70.01.02). Did 2 movies and works OK for me with DVD-RB. Little boost in speed (3.2 ish to 3.3 ish).

Thanks for the info. So does it utilize adaptive quantization?

[Fishman0919]

Don't think so, you can't change/set the matrix in CCE basic... this one of the features you get with CCE SP plus mutli-passes which is where adaptive quantization works.

From the CCE SP manual:

3.8 Disable adaptive Q-matrix switching
Cinema Craft Encoder SP (later than 2.67) adjusts quantization matrix
automatically to improve the quality of image when Multipass
VBR is selected. However, some DVD player does not support such
MPEG streams as encoded with adaptive quantization matrix, and
may cause the block noise when playback. When you encounter the
problem, you can avoid it with this option.

What is adaptive Q-matrix switching ?
There are some cases that Cinema Craft Encoder SP cannot keep
the minimum bitrate. It is considered to be caused by that the lowest
quantization scale cannot raise the bitrate under a single quantization
matrix. To solve the problem, Cinema Craft Encoder SP automatically
creates other matrices cutting the value of each element in the
matrices by half, quarter and so on, and applies another one to produce
a much lower distortion for much higher bitrate. This switching
of quantization matrix can occur at every GOP.
Thus, adaptive Q-matrix switching can improve the quality of image,
especially with lower bitrate sources or CG works or the edge of
fading out.