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Product Description:
The new Digigami MegaPEG.X product line approaches video compression from a revolutionary new perspective which includes the compressionist, you, as a key aspect of the compression process. No longer 'in the dark' about how/why your compressed video looks good or bad, MegaPEG.X and its big brother Pro (G4/G5) include all the tools you need to take your own video compression projects from good, to better, to perfect. With detailed feedback tools which show you exactly how the bitrate and compression are being applied over the length of the movie file, in conjunction with an encoder configurable in just about any way you can imagine, every person can have the fine-control over compression that the big Hollywood studios enjoy. Make Web Movies, VideoCD, Super-VideoCD or DVD files quickly and easily, and over time, learn how to exceed what most people consider to be 'state of the art' quality for any particular medium. Includes descriptive overview of the MPEG compression process (applicable to any compression tool), and how to interpret the graphical analysis and use what you learn to alter compression settings 'fine tuned' for your material. Even more, you can RIP and analyze Hollywood DVD discs (requires separate decryption software - available elsewhere on VT) to find out exactly how Hollywood discs are compressed. Gorgeous Aqua GUI with wild new buttons that actually indent where you click them. Includes over 40 predefined templates which cover the gamut of video compression tasks.
What's new in this version:
- Improved Optical Flow Calculations
- Higher quality _and_ faster encoding.
- Bug fixes.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (10.3 recommended)
- QuickTime 6 or higher
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Slightly OT re: the higher priced MegaPeg Pro HD 3.1.6 
- Version: 3.1.6, 4/8/2006 01:24PM PST
go2rba_dotmac
Digigami MegaPEG.X Pro - great buy! - Version: 2.0.5, 1/10/2005 07:09PM PST
Mike Janowski
Spent the morning running tests on a short section of a 64 minute movie which I'm compressing (MPEG-1) for CD-ROM. MegaPEG.X offers all the control of Heuris MPPro 2 and more, with several ways to affect quality and speed of render without changing your bit budget. Bought the package and so far am extremely pleased with it, both with the ease of use and the quality of encodes. I'm a little confused by, of all things, the save dialog...it doesn't seem to be saving my project parameters, at least at first glance...but I'm sure I'll figure out what I'm doing wrong in time. All in all, a livesaver for the compressionist who's still gotta work in MPEG-1, giving one complete control over the whole process, or automating it completely, if that's what you want.
Great! - Version: 2.0, 11/16/2004 01:36PM PST
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SERBIAN--2008
One of the best software MPEG encoders for Mac...Speed and output quality are great...as always with Digigami products..:)
This is not to say it does not produce a watchable file... But that the file, while maintaining better color accuracy than Composer (which always boosts gamma inappropriately), the mpeg 2 stream SEEMS to ALWAYS deinterlace the video, no matter what the template or custom setting, and further do some bizarre implentation of a reverse 3/2 pulldown or some other oddity, and does all this very badly.
Clean at the frame level (better than Composer) but very, very staccatto in playback. Being old enough to have shot regular 8mm film at 18fps, which, at high shutter speeds, can be quite choppy and mechanical looking - not unlike MegaPeg Pro HD when doing SD.
I was very happy to see the color accuracy, as well as the controls presented to tweak things like brightness and gamma (HELLO QUICKTIME DEVELOPERS) in the created mpeg stream. However, the mpeg looks like, to put it another way, what we used to call (in the days before digital intermediates) skip frame printing, which makes smooth action look like a rapid series of jump cuts. This is what the unusable video from this $300 package looks like, but not quite so drastic, merely unusably annoying.
BitVice, while tending toward higher bitrates, is MUCH better, as is Compressor, for that matter, in that the resultant mpeg streams plays back like ordinary SD video. No staccato, supremely annoying motion as provided by MegaPeg Pro HD.
I actually accidentally bought Mpressionist as well. Unfortunately, that program needs an interface. All told, $600 wasted, and here's hoping the company, which uses a relatively unique installer, could provide a relatively unique "get a refund" de-installer, maybe for $30, the digital equivalent of a "restocking fee."
DO NOT bother with this initiative, which seems to have great promise, but is so very beta (or less) with too many bugs to work out for a "commercial" product.
I will try it on some HD soon, to see if the uselessness continues.