CCE and TmpgEnc, can they compare?

[mits]

Hi all,
a friend of mine has Cinema Craft Encoder (since he is a videographer), and i was wondering if anybody has made comparisons between CCE and TmpgEnc. Well price-wise there is no comparison at all, since the price of CCE is out of question for home use, but quality-wise does CCE deserve the money it costs?

[Peter B]

The are a few differences, the main advanatge of CCE is speed, it is much faster the TmpgEnc. They both produce similar quality, from most of the "tests' I have read, these two usually rate as the top two encoders. However, CCE is expensive, and in my opinion not worth the money. (I have not used the Main Concept encoder but it also gets good remarks here)

TmpgEnc is also far more user friendly (I find the CCE interface limited and confusing) and much, much more versitile with lots of filters and other "editable" features.

So if you are not in a hurry and want the flexability use TmpgEnc. If you want speed (and it is significantly faster, like 50-60%) and do ALL "editing" and specifications in other software (and money is no object) the CCE. TmpgEnc is my choice!

[mits]

Ok thanks Peter B, thanks a lot, TmpgEnc is my choice too.