[MacDV] Best Real Time MPEG2 Encoders

[Brett Koonce]

If you're only dealing with 2-3 minutes of footage/week, a realtime 
hardware card probably isn't worth the extra expense.  A software 
solution will handle the job in less time than it will take to 
log/capture the footage, and give you much more flexibility with 
regards to final output (esp. if you're also wanting to make MPEG-4 
files).

Just my .02...
-Brett


On Dec 5, 2003, at 5:26 PM, Polkadoter at aol.com wrote:

> I have a chance to do a weekly job of taking some 2-3 minutes of 
> digibeta
> (16:9) footage to dvd (mpeg-2).  Thinking about going realtime versus 
> software
> compression.
>
> What would be the best real-time dvd encoder for this?  Mac and/or PC? 
>  How
> does MPEG-4 factor into this?  Any other advice or dangers that might 
> be
> pertinent?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Linda
>
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