HC Encoder offers quality comparable to commercial alternatives and the development has a strong focus on DVD compliancy.

HC Encoder is fully supported by DVD ReBuilder, together they make high quality DVD to DVD-R backups, while being a totally free solution.

HC Encoder is available in two versions:
· Easy to use stand-alone GUI version
· A batch version controlled by an .INI file or command line parameters

Here are some key features of "HC Encoder":

· Input via Avisynth or DGIndex/DGDecode projects
· 2-pass variable bitrate (VBR) encoding
· Three quality modes: BEST, NORMAL and FAST
· User controllable GOP structure
· Scene change detection
· User configurable quantization matrices
· Fast encoding speed

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· added SSSE3 support
· added some new functions: *LUMGAIN, *SILENT and *SCDFILE
· higher encoding speed for best profile
· as usual some bug fixes