encoding
 

in anybodys opinion. what is the most efficiant program for video editing and encoding, etc... vegas 7.0, adobe premier, or sorenson squeeze? im messing around with all three and each have their own flaws.

editing or encoding? those are two seperate things

Editing I use Premiere
Encoding I use CleanerXL

editing i use vegas
encoding i use vegas

what's wrong with encoding in premiere?

i do both, and i currently have a lot of programs to choose from. so i was trying to get oppinions.

CleanerXL just really can compress shit, plus it does batch jobs

I usually do large encoding runs, 20+ videos at a time....so I just load them into cleaner into a preset template and hit go and it spits out lo and hi wmv and ipod all in one sweep

for instance, I just had a batch finish up...an example of how well cleaner does is
45 minute wmv, full screen quality, 236mb....i can open that on my monitor at full screen and it looks like a dvd

I do the same thing with vegas :upsidedow

never played with Vegas, it is probably way more than I need...I get avi files, I encode them, that is the extent of what I do

sometimes I do some editing in Premiere, but rarely, most of what I get these days is already edited for me

for encoding I highly suggest canopus pro coder, it lets you encode in several different formats and bitrates simultaneously. Amazing quality whether you are doing wmv or mpeg2 for dvd. Editting I still have to keep it to my macs and final cut though, just make sure you have a good switch to keep your network running smooth when you copy over those large dv files...

I used to do all my own encoding, but now I hire a pro.

I'd have to give the edge to Vegas on both counts.
Though there are some new programs out that are beginning to give Vegas a run for it's money..Magix Movie..and Canopus Pro Coder are pretty nice.

Editing Adobe Premiere and Pinacle
encoding WinAVI

bump for you

Does anybody use Canopus ProCoder?

I use vegas for both the reason being I played with cleaner and bought the lite version of procoder didnt see that dramatic of a difference that made it worth the extra step .

Editing with Final Cut HD on the Mac, encoding with Cleaner 6, Mac again. Used to use Premier Pro on the PC for everything but when I got an HD camera my PC wasn't upto the job, so went for a tasty G5.