Sony AVC versus Main Concept

NickHope wrote on 3/15/2008, 6:00 AM

I want to encode some HDV down to 960x540 H.264 to embed in Flash Players.

The Sony AVC codec and the Main Concept AVC/AAC codec will both encode H.264, right?

What's the story behind there being 2 similar codecs in Vegas?

Which is better?

Comments

jaegersing wrote on 3/15/2008, 7:43 AM

The MC codec allows you to specify CBR/VBR and single or 2 pass encoding. The Sony codec does not, although it has a CABAC/CAVLC parameter that I am not familiar with.

I find that for a given bitrate I get better results with the MC codec when I use the 2 pass VBR mode.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 3/15/2008, 7:52 AM

That is simple. The Sony AVC encoder is much more deloped, also for HDV 1440x1080. The mainconcept AVC encoder was licened earlier.

For 960x540 you can use both - but I would tend to the Sony AVC encoder.