From the Tully DVD List:
NAB 2008 visitors may want to catch this session:
In-Depth: Apple Compressor
Brian Gary
April 16, 2008 • 10:00AM - 1:00PM
This session will herald in a new era of MPEG-2 encoding for optical media inside Final Cut Studio with the debut of Cinema Craft's MP Compressor Plugin. Based on the highly successful QuickTime Components architecture, the Plugin fits right into the standard Compressor workflow alongside the built in presets. Until now, the encoder engine inside CinemaCraft Encoder MP was used only for Cinema Craft Xtream, the "on-line" high end system that set the bench mark with high quality, Hollywood DVD titles. With the debut of Cinema Craft MP, Hollywood quality MPEG-2 encoding is now available for the Mac. Brian will go in depth with the Cinema Craft MP Compressor Plugin by walking through all the major components and settings. He'll also demonstrate real-world workflows for both television and feature film optical delivery that originate with Standard and High Definition content.
It doesn't say specifically that it will handle HD, so hopefully I'm not assuming too much posting it in the Hi Def forum !
This is very cool...
I am very excited about this one but nervous. I'm just hoping it exposes all the features of CCE-SP - i.e. it's not some dumbed down plug-in version with three options. I am also wondering how tied into Compressor this is really going to be. For example: with CCE-SP I can (and usually need to) set an initial time code for the encode, import/export chapter points and concatenate clips during encoding. I also like that I can make progressive encodes even for 29.97 material. W/o features like these it will hardly be a professional quality component in my opinion.
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