Messages posted by jkim248

I use to be very unhappy about Cyberlink PowerDirector and have posted testy post on these forms but after reading some articles, understanding the video decoding/encoding process and working with PowerDirector 11, I gotta say I'm pretty happy with it now.

You can compress at lower bits per second using method above. It's a bit of an inconvenience but it's workable.
Encoding process is pretty fast and the results are pretty good.
Biggest gripe I had was I couldn't get the Hardware video encoder to work with my AMD 6990M graphics processor.
But hardware encoding + lower bitrate does not always matter.

This article was what changed my mind.
http://www.behardware.com/articles/828-1/h-264-encoding-cpu-vs-gpu-nvidia-cuda-amd-stream-intel-mediasdk-and-x264.html

Lower bitrate does not necessarily mean lower quality.

PowerDirector does still have some problems.
Like memory release and lack of variable Index frames but overall gotta say I'm pretty happy.

I seem to posted so many testy negative posts about PowerDirectory, I figure I gotta balance it out now.

3rd Party converter like Corel VideoStudio Pro X5?

It allows me to create MPEG-4 using H.264-Main at 1280x720 all the way down to 2000 Kbps.

I've upgraded to PowerDirector 11 and am hoping that gives me more MPEG-4 encoding options.
It's still downloading......zzzzzzzzzzz

Why is there a minimum bit rate of 6000 Kbps when encoding MPEG-4 videos at 1280x720?
(6000 Kbps - 26300 Kbps)
Is this the limitation of CyberLink MPEG-4 CODEC?
If so, why is the device->ipad HD Quality at 1280x720 and 3000 Kbps?

What happened to all the bit rates in between?

It seems quite limiting since 3000 Kbps is a bit low for fast motion video and 6000 Kbps seems too much.

How can I encode MPEG-4 (H.264) using 4000 Kbps or 5000 Kbps or 4500 Kbps?