Canopus Firecoder

[Apulo]

I just bumped into this: http://www.canopus.com/products/FireCoder/index.php

Does anyone have experience with this product or has seen a review? Is the MPEG2 encoding on par with Procoder? What about the MPEG4 streams (I assume just Xvid/DIVX, not AVC/H264)?

[paulw]

From looking at the specs. No HiDef and no AC3 audio and I hate to think of the price if Procoder is anything to go by..

[Apulo]

It costs about 325 Euro here. The advantage would be you don't need a high spec machine to do fast encoding, the card can typically do 2x realtime.

HD isn't an issue here in Europe yet, and from the prices of HD equipment and pay TV to get (lousy quality from the demo I saw) HDTV on cable, I think it's a while yet.

[ND66]

If it sounds too good to be true.........

I'd say something has to give when you push the speed to the max.

I have Procoder and the whole night to encode to Mpeg-2, serves me just fine.

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EDIT: But then again, Canopus is known for it's quality...

[Technoid]

this is whats going to replace my NLE computer:

http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php

[paulw]

this is whats going to replace my NLE computer:

http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php

But it's a analog to DV convertor. Nothing about it being a MPEG convertor

[Technoid]

But it's a analog to DV convertor. Nothing about it being a MPEG convertor

One of the GREAT things with it (and yes I appologise for the OT )