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Re: quality question

Since you just seem intent on attacking me, why don't you do everyone a favor and
e-mail me privately. I promise I won't throw them away without reading your little
rants about how great you are and how rich and professional you are, and how I know
nothing yada, yada. If you can read, you can see me e-mail address at the top.

Meanwhile, let's let the people who want to use DVD SP ask their questions.

JD

dovecom wrote:

> DVD Studio Pro said:
>
> > I am trying to be a kindler, gentler person and if you want to discuss this
> > rationally, contact me privately. (off list) But I do need to inform everyone,
> > that a Hardware encoder is not necessarily any better quality wise than a
> > software one. The advantages of hardware are usually speed, and additional
> > analog/digital inputs
> >
> > The question of The Quality of the QuickTime MPEG Exporter (Which comes free
> > with DVD SP) is a very subjective one. The only way to see if it will satisfy
> > you is to take YOUR video and encode it. If you like the results, great. If
> > not, cough up some more money and buy an encoder whose MPEG you do like. You
> > cannot post a Question like "Is it professional" without getting 100 different
> > answers. Do your homework, don't look for cliff notes.
> >
>
> There are NO software encoders right now doing the kind of quality that a
> top hardware encoder can do. Your argument is like saying that one can do
> the same quality work in AE as one can do on a Quantel set-up. Sure, it's
> POSSIBLE, but when you have real-time feedback, you can make superior
> judgements about timing, object placement, etc, that allows you to be more
> creative, in less time, which means MORE money for you. For very complex
> things, AE may be the only solution, and the same for a software encoder,
> like Heuris, that allows for very complex ECLs, including I-frame
> insertions, and filter mode changes. But the trade-off in speed in the
> realworld isn't worth it, so virtually no one does that. No one.
>
> As far as is it professional, well, it depends on your clients. Ours are
> sophisticated enough to know that what they get from the Apple encoder
> sucks. I can't charge for it, so I don't use it. If your clients can't tell
> the difference, then by all means use the Apple encoder. It works well and
> is very fast.
>
> You clearly are confused about some of this and are missing some key
> technical information. I just loved that Digibeta thing. You're so missing
> it. Anyway, it's nice to see you are in love with the Apple encoder, and I
> wish you luck with your little projects. Meanwhile, some of us have to make
> a living.
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