Video Encoding Software EncodeHD

Martin Brinkmann — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:17:24 +0000

EncodeHD is a portable video encoding software that has been designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind. The video encoding software supports various output devices including Apple TV, Blackberrys, iPods, the iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP and Zune and offers one click batch conversions of various source video formats. The user of the software can either drag and drop the videos in the program’s interface or use the file browser to do so. The software itself can encode a wide variety of video formats including avi, flv, wmv and mp4.

A click on the start button will start the conversion of all videos in the program’s queue. The videos will be converted to mp4 format and placed in the same directory as the video encoding software. One of the few options that the program provides is to change that output folder.

Other available options are to autosplit videos that are larger than 4 Gigabytes and to select the output for tv option. This is useful for devices that can be connected to a tv like the iPod to improve the display of the videos on the tv.

Advanced options include the addition of extra ffmpeg flags and the selection of a preferred audio language. EncodeHD will display a progress bar at the bottom during the video encoding process. It is an interesting useful tool especially for users who own supported devices.

StaxRip Video Encoding

Martin Brinkmann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:18:44 +0000

StaxRip is an Open Source video encoding software that can turn videos into mpeg-4 format using codecs like x264, XviD and DivX. It can for instance be used to turn a video DVD into a much smaller sized video with barely any quality losses that can easily be stored on the computer. One interesting way is to use it to rip a TV series season to the computer creating those handy 350 Megabyte videos per episode. That way a complete season takes between 4-8 Gigabytes of hard drive storage compared to the up to 17 Gigabytes that it would demand if stored in DVD format.

One of the nicest features of StaxRip is the fact that it can download needed codecs and utilities from within the program interface. If you dealt with Open Source video encoders before you might have experienced that you needed to download and install the needed extras manually before the tool could be used.

StaxRip makes use of templates to speed up configuring the various settings and can convert or merge single or multiple files in one go. A video file that is loaded as a source will automatically be analyzed by the video encoding software and important values such as framerate, length or size will be shown in the interface. The same variables are shown in the destination pane where they will be automatically updated when the user changes a setting.

Videos can be resized to reduce the size of the destination video which is extremely useful when encoding videos for mobile devices like the Sony PSP, a mobile phone or an iPod that can play videos.

The output audio and video codecs have to be chosen. Multiple encoding profiles are available that range from fast to high quality encodings. The codecs can be configured furthermore for optimal results.

Video encoding speed depends on the configuration and the speed of the computer hardware.

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Video Encoding Software EncodeHD

StaxRip Video Encoding