{"id":632,"date":"2007-05-20T02:48:13","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=632"},"modified":"2008-06-16T18:26:35","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T02:26:35","slug":"software-review-episode-43-and-episode-pro-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"Mac Software Review: Episode 4.3 and Episode Pro 4.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA few weeks ago, Telestream, the developer of Flip4Mac (QuickTime WMV component) has updated its Mac-only applications Episode and Episode Pro to 4.3, respectively. So what do these Mac applications do? Episode is a compression suite. It’s similar to Sorenson Media’s Sorenson Squeeze. Episode contains many compression profiles. And it supports many multimedia formats such as MOV, AVI, MPEG and WMV.
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\nOne of the most useful profile set is NTSC <-> PAL Conversion. If you have a NTSC VOB file and want to convert it for PAL, for example, then you can use ‘dv_DV-NTSC -> DV25 – PAL’ and simply change export formats. Or use ‘dv_DV-PAL -> DV-NTSC to convert PAL VOB into NTSC VOB. Other useful profile sets include Apple TV, iPod Video and MPEG-2.
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\nTelestream is the developer of Flip4Mac. So you can count on Episode for WMV support. Episode lets you import WMV and transcode it with a different compressor. Episode also allows the user to transcode video with WMV3.<\/p>\n

There are currently four different products of Episode. They are Episode ($395), Episode with Flash 8 encoder ($495), Episode Pro ($895) and Episode Pro with Flash 8 encoder ($995). Episode Pro differs from Episode with several additional features plus a faster compression engine.
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  • Developer: Telestream, Inc. (flip4mac.com)<\/li>\n
  • Latest version: Episode 4.3, Episode Pro 4.3<\/li>\n
  • Prices: Episode ($395), Episode Pro ($895)<\/li>\n
  • MacHouse recommendation<\/strong>: For personal uses, the standard version of Episode is good enough. And Telestream has a 20% academic discount. $395 is a little bit expensive for personal uses. For corporate uses, MacHouse gives a buy-it! recommendation to the standard version. Compared with Sorenson Squeeze, Episode lets you compress videos with WMV3, M2T… It even supports AC3 as an audio compressor.
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    \nEpisode and Episode Pro are products of Telestream, Inc.
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