I'm looking for an encoding program that will 1. enable me to manipulate individual codecs (in particular the keyframe intervals) aspect ratio, frame rate, etc. 2. a program that accepts nearly any videos I put into. I used to use SUPER. It nearly took in anything I threw at it. Except I can't manipulate keyframes with it. Then I moved onto Virtual Dub. Had to download so many different codecs just to get it to receive a video and even then there are so many errors it's not worth it. avidemux looks great, but half of the videos I threw into had errors. any suggestions?
There isn't one single program that will do everything, I use many for different files. I found EM total video converter will convert almost every file I throw at it, it's what I use on problem files, it's especially good with mkv files. I use this program only as a converter, once I convert the file to avi, i edit it with other software. Avidemux is my favorite program for avi's. For editing/joining/cutting it is the best. It works better with xvid files, but can handle divx/h264. It won't reencode in most editing. It can also edit outside of the kframes. It won't join clips that aren't of the same framerate/aspect ratio. womble mpeg video wizard dvd is what I use when I have different type of clips (avi/mpegs with differest aspects/framerates) I want to join. I can also add transitions/titles and a seperate audio track. It works great with mpegs/mp4/mov files. When I need to edit dvd's (remove scenes etc) I use videoredotvsuite. This is more of a luxury, womble can do the same thing but videoredo does it much quicker. I found out if I install the latest klite codec pack everything works better, womble requires it so that it can encode to avi.
thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately they are not free. I've always heard never to install a codec pack, but if it works for you...
