thoughton:digitallife MPEG2 Works 4 updated

MPEG2 Works 4 updated

The Mac video Swiss Army knife ffmpegX has dominated home video conversion on the Mac for quite a while now, and for most of that time its only serious rival has been MPEG2 Works. So today's news that MPEG2 Works has updated to version 4.0.5 is more than welcome! New features include:

• Added horizontal cropping aside of existing vertical under Tools section [requested by users]
• Added burn DVD after authoring option under Advanced Authoring section [requested by users]
• Improved VOB/VRO with AC3 audio > QT conversion /works faster now/
• Improved VOB > SVCD conversion /works faster now/
• Improved ReplayTV > QT conversion /one preset button from now on/
• Improved AC3 > AIFF conversion /better output/
• Improved overall performance

Might be worth a look if ffmpegX isn't working out. MPEG2 Works has traditionally been strong in the areas of NTSC<->PAL conversion and VCD/SVCD creation whereas ffmpegX was better for batch processing, PSP support, H264 support (including iPod video), and, in my opinion, a more intuitive interface. However some of MPEG2 Works' new features (such as burning) have no equivalent in ffmpegX.

Both programs have the benefit of fantastic support by their authors via the MPEG2 Works forum and the ffmpegX forum.

Posted on 14 December 2005, to Mac Video | News