To What Format?? If you are looking for a Mpeg-2 encoder for Createing Files for authoring to DVD then there are really only a small handfull that will produce professinal Results and that stand apart from the other more Consumer oriented Encoders.... The Top encoders are : [bold]Tmpgenc Pluss/Express[/bold] Easy to use with lots of Features but a Little Slow.... [bold]MainConcept Encoder[/bold] Easy to use and Very Fast but a Little Lacking in Features.... [bold]Canopus Procoder[/bold] Fairly easy to use with Lots of Features and Is the Best for Converting Pal to NTSC or NTSC to Pal but is also fairly slow on the Highest quality settings) [bold]CinemaCraft Encoder SP[/bold] Very Difficult to use and Lacking in basic Features but has many very advanced Features and is very fast and when used properly Produces very High quality Results) These are the Top 4 encoders in quality, You will Find other encoders that are faster and easier to use but you won"t find any better when it comes to the Quality they can produce when used correctly.... Cheers