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Shareware Apps are more powerful than this app. 
- Version: 4.1.3, 10/21/2006 06:55PM PST
(2 of 5 users found this comment useful)
Geza1
Downloaded this software and the same problem as compressionmaster if you drag a avi divx xvid into the job batch to convert it wont work. I expect from a $800 software to encode basic formats. $20 shareware apps can handle them.
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- Shareware Apps are more powerful than this app.
HE-AAC+PS (aacPlus v2) not working - Version: 4.1.3, 9/18/2006 08:48AM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
nicelodeon
This is the only Mac app - as far as I know - that supports aacPlus v2.
Unfortunately this creates terrible stuttering files that are totally unusable (on PPC at least). Otherwise a great piece of software.
Unfortunately this creates terrible stuttering files that are totally unusable (on PPC at least). Otherwise a great piece of software.
Useless for me - Version: 4.0.1, 8/1/2006 05:08AM PST
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lasouris
This product is not for you. Although the product seems to perform and does offer you a variety of compression parameters the compressed result might not work in your application. I have compressed a QT from FCP to mpeg2 and tried to import it in DVD studio pro v.4.1, you get an error message INTERNAL MUXER ERROR and your built is canceled.
Try to get information on their website about this kind of problem and you will be in for a surprise.Nobody wants to know out there that your 500$ software is useless.
Try to get information on their website about this kind of problem and you will be in for a surprise.Nobody wants to know out there that your 500$ software is useless.
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Way overpriced mediocreware - Version: 4.0.1, 7/11/2006 07:37PM PST
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Rufus J
This app seems to have developed quite a mystique about it, but I suspect this is due mostly to its very high price tag, the apparent flexibility of export capability and the unashamed hyperbole of its developers. The fact is, output quality of its own mp4 and h264 codecs is well beneath what is achievable using the Apple supplied h264 encoder or any of the currently available QuickTime codecs from DivX™, 3ivx, or Xvid. I'm not a big fan of ffmpegX, but I do recommend MPEG Steamclip which has batch capabilities and allows quite a lot of adjustment as well as the use of all your QT codecs and MPEG exporting asnd editing. The scale and deinterlace functions in Compression Master are particularly disappointing, working very poorly in comparison to those found in freeware and shareware. Unless you really really need the ability to quickly apply presets and mix them in the queue, or need to export some very esoteric format, AND you don't mind spending lots of money for not much quality this might be for you.
Compression Disaster 4.0 - Version: 4.0, 5/21/2006 01:15PM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
mediaVinci
Hello,
I have tested Compression Disaster Master 4.0
The demo application crashed around 6 times within
5 minutes for the first test run. This is an absolut
"No Go" criteria for me. The app crashes even when
applying very rudimental functions like removing
settings.
The user interface is not really Mac-like.
495$ is a lot of money! Are the bugs included in
that price?
> Compression Master wins award at NAB 2006
... Really? ... what for?
495$ ... that's a lot of money for a piece of
software that has not yet reached final candidate
state. I am wondering why video and audio compression
software is that expensive these days.
Sorry for the bad critique. However, I believe
it's the simple truth.
graphically & sincerely,
Marc Klein
Pixel:Industries
I have tested Compression Disaster Master 4.0
The demo application crashed around 6 times within
5 minutes for the first test run. This is an absolut
"No Go" criteria for me. The app crashes even when
applying very rudimental functions like removing
settings.
The user interface is not really Mac-like.
495$ is a lot of money! Are the bugs included in
that price?
> Compression Master wins award at NAB 2006
... Really? ... what for?
495$ ... that's a lot of money for a piece of
software that has not yet reached final candidate
state. I am wondering why video and audio compression
software is that expensive these days.
Sorry for the bad critique. However, I believe
it's the simple truth.
graphically & sincerely,
Marc Klein
Pixel:Industries
mp3 Templates do not work - feature request for DVD_VideoTS support - Version: 4.0, 5/13/2006 10:37AM PST
(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)
Truth w Christ
The mp3 Templates when used on Aiff or QT movie files to extract/convert audio to mp3, produce a nasty static sound - They just do not work.
Also - CM 4.0 now restricts the "Batch" to 20 items? Not a good update for me. I like to load - say 50 QT music videos at night, and have them crunch until they are done (extract full quality aiff) - maybe a day or so later. Limiting to 20 - if there is no technical reason for this - seems like going backwards from previous versions?
I would like a Template - to take "VideoTS" from multiple DVD's (drag n drop) and compress and create simple menu. Basically combine 2-5 DVD's with a simple menu. I have many "Lecture/instructional" DVD's and want them combined by subject. Toast in video mode allows drag n drop of VTS folders (then delete extraneous files) comes close - but has compression limits.
Overall - this is a great application however - 5 stars.
Also - CM 4.0 now restricts the "Batch" to 20 items? Not a good update for me. I like to load - say 50 QT music videos at night, and have them crunch until they are done (extract full quality aiff) - maybe a day or so later. Limiting to 20 - if there is no technical reason for this - seems like going backwards from previous versions?
I would like a Template - to take "VideoTS" from multiple DVD's (drag n drop) and compress and create simple menu. Basically combine 2-5 DVD's with a simple menu. I have many "Lecture/instructional" DVD's and want them combined by subject. Toast in video mode allows drag n drop of VTS folders (then delete extraneous files) comes close - but has compression limits.
Overall - this is a great application however - 5 stars.
use ffmpeg for free - Version: 3.1.2, 8/26/2005 11:41AM PST
(5 of 10 users found this comment useful)
anonymous3456
You can use ffmpeg to convert almost any format to anything and its free.
http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/
http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/
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It seems it does not work in Tiger - Version: 3.0.2, 5/23/2005 05:41PM PST
BSDUser
...at least not for me. It starts up, but then the job can't complete.
When they'll fix that, it it as good as you can get.
When they'll fix that, it it as good as you can get.
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Bug with WMV->MPEG2 - Version: 3.0.2, 2/12/2005 11:01PM PST
OldMacDude
Wanted to try this product because it seems to be the only one out there that will convert WMV3 to anything else.
Unfortunately, if you set in and out points in the WMV file, although the MPEG2 video is encoded properly (and appears to look rather decent BTW), the audio does not encode the correct segment. If you encode the whole movie to MPEG2 beginning to end it seems to work OK. Which is a shame because I wanted to create several subsegments of the movie using the built-in fades, and then combine them with Streamclip. I tried some other audio-only formats, but the result was the same.
Also tried to go from WMV3 to DV for import in FCP, but the video always lost some rows off the bottom, whether using Letterbox or Distort. Also, the DV audio was not complete, but if encoded as a seperate run (audio only) it seemed to work. For this project, I couldn't afford to lose the bottom rows, so no go there.
My last try was to transcode to MPEG4 and import to FCP. That seemed to work, but rendering MPEG4 to work with in FCP was so painfully slow that I gave it up.
Dang.
Unfortunately, if you set in and out points in the WMV file, although the MPEG2 video is encoded properly (and appears to look rather decent BTW), the audio does not encode the correct segment. If you encode the whole movie to MPEG2 beginning to end it seems to work OK. Which is a shame because I wanted to create several subsegments of the movie using the built-in fades, and then combine them with Streamclip. I tried some other audio-only formats, but the result was the same.
Also tried to go from WMV3 to DV for import in FCP, but the video always lost some rows off the bottom, whether using Letterbox or Distort. Also, the DV audio was not complete, but if encoded as a seperate run (audio only) it seemed to work. For this project, I couldn't afford to lose the bottom rows, so no go there.
My last try was to transcode to MPEG4 and import to FCP. That seemed to work, but rendering MPEG4 to work with in FCP was so painfully slow that I gave it up.
Dang.
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