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Price seen - rebate if
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Capture
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MPEG
Encode
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Edit
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Menus
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Create DVD Files
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Burn
DVD
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Comments
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Features/
Result/
Usability/
Reliability/
Overall
(in supported categories)
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DVD Complete
Forums
(Dazzle
is no more - bought by Pinnacle) |
$69 bundled with firewire card
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Unlimited single-file NTFS
Supports Passthru
Supports Timed Capture
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CBR
1-Pass VBR
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Comes with another program for real
editing
Can select chapter points within imported mpegs
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Low quality
Still
Background
Only
still buttons in firewire-bundled version |
Yes, kicks butt
Does
not re-encode DVD legal mpegs
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Y
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Thumbnails
are often grainy on the menus.
Menus
are of a much lesser quality than Pinnacle Studio.
**BOUGHT
OUT BY PINNACLE IN JUNE 2003
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8 / 8 / 8 / 8 / 8
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TMPGENC
Forums |
$49
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N
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"The Winner" of this category
1-Pass VBR
2-Pass VBR
CBR
every conceivable encoding option is exposed to the user |
N
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N
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N
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N
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It Rocks!!!
Use TooLame as audio plugin
One of these other vendors should buy this encoding engine |
10 / 10 / 7 / 10 / 9
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Pinnacle Studio
Forums |
$79
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Captures audio out of sync*
Unlimited single-file NTFS
Splits FAT
Supports Passthru
Supports Timed Capture
Only imports type 2 DV AVIs, which some other
programs will not capture into |
CBR
Adjusts CBR to file size
No VBR
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Y
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Impressive
menus
igh quality
Still &
Motion background and buttons
Multiple Buttons per AVI file
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Y
Re-encodes
mpeg each time.
Re-encodes
imported dvd-legal mpegs
mpeg
import max file size 2.8GB
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Y
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Consistently
captures Audio out of sync.*
They should
give you Pinnacle Expression for free since the demo copy did not have
this problem!*
Allows Scenes within AVIs
Can only import type 2
AVI*
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9 / 5 / 9 / 0 /
-*
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MyDVD
Forums |
?
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Y
Direct2DVD |
CBR
3 CBR choices |
Cannot select chapter points within imported
mpegs
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High quality
Still &
Motion
One button per source file
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Yes, but needs mpeg audio support
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Y
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7 / 7 / 7 / 8 / 7
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Scenalyzer
Forums |
$33
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Pick between several filesizes & splits
are done automatically
Multiple capture codec choices, including Studio codecs
Supports Passthru |
N
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N
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N
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N
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N
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But I have
occassionally had some audio sync problems*
Timed Capture is Broken, so you cannot just start a capture and then go
to bed
If you set process priority to high and TMPGENC's priority to normal, then
it will capture without frame loss (for me)! Amazing. |
7 / 9 / 6 / 8 / 9
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Pixela
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comes with Sony Camera
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20 min max per file, then you must manually
tell it to capture next section, even if you have NTFS
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N
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*
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Does not do passthru!!!! Unbelievable
since it came with a camera that does do passthru.* **
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Magix
Video
Deluxe 2.0
Forums
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$59-99
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Does not support Passthru
Captures .wav separately |
Uses Ligos encoder.
Supports VBR, but
cannot tell from demo if 2 pass
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Microsoft
Movie
Maker
Forums |
0
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Unlimited single-file NTFS
Don't know FAT limitations |
N
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Y
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N
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N
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N
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XP Only(?)
Makes rolling credits! |
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