View Full Version : Procoder Express Vs Procoder
coochycoo
06-22-2007, 05:21 AM
Greetings.
Thinking about upgrading Procoder Express (included with Edius Pro v4) to Procoder v3. But I am unsure as to what I will be gaining by upgrading. In other words, what features are unique to Procoder v3?
Much appreciated.
Mr Bill
06-22-2007, 06:05 AM
Two of the features that Procoder 3 has over express are the 'Master Quality' setting and Dolby AC3 Audio.
There are more though . . .
Aristotelis
06-22-2007, 03:30 PM
The most important differences have to do with the workflow capabilities of procoder 3...you can have batch encoding, multiple watch folders, queue jobs, set priorities, create droplets and much more
In general you can automate your workflow as you wish
THoff
06-22-2007, 05:10 PM
The biggest complaint I have about Procoder Express for Edius is that it doesn't let you save and recall presets with specific settings when you export from within Edius.
If the settings you need are still in the "Previous Targets" list, you can get the same results that way, but that's a big shortcoming that's fixed in PC3.
PC3 also has grid encoding which can make a substantial difference when encoding for certain targets on systems with multiple processors or cores.
DVcatastrophe
06-23-2007, 04:21 AM
Two of the features that Procoder 3 has over express are the 'Master Quality' setting and Dolby AC3 Audio.
There are more though . . .
Does that Dolby AC3 endcoder let you mix 5.1 projects like Vegas, re-encode say a project that already has a 5.1 mixed soundtrack?
Really tho' I find PCE does all my timeline and other cross-encoding needs (esp vobs to avis or mov's to wmv etc..) more than admirably and I get WAY better encoding quality than the rubbish on Adobe encoder or the lame encoder in FCP!
GrassValley_KH
06-23-2007, 05:50 PM
ProCoder 3's audio channel mixer filter lets you remap multi-channel sources into however you'd like them to be in the final target.
It does not, however, allow you to create 'positional' audio from two-channel sources, in the same way the Vegas does. It can only duplicate existing channels. (e.g. set the front right channel to also be the surround right channel)