Before we go into what MPEG encoder is and why it is great to have one you must first understand what MPEG is. The initials MPEG stands for Moving Pictures Expert Group. All this is a working group that is in charge of the developing standards for representing the coding of digital audio and video. The standard included includes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4. To break this down just a bit more, the MPEG-1 is the video format, which includes MP3 and VideoCD. MPEG-2 is an addition to the MPEG-1 and is used with digital TVs, DVD-Videos and in SVCDs.

Now, a MPEG encoder is a software program that encodes video streaming into MPEG videos. It can convert AVI, MPEG, and WMV files into MPEG’s files.

In order to use MPEG encoder you computer must have the following requirements: WMFDist.exe installed on your computer 128 MB Memory 1 GB free hard disk Windows Media Player installed on your computer Sound Card

The MPEG format will give you a much better quality and higher compression than you will see with AVI, MPEG, and WMV. You can use the MPEG-1 for burning Video CD while the MPEG-2 will allow you to have Super Video CD and Video DVD burning capabilities.

The MPEG encoder will work with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, and Windows 2003. Along with working with these Window systems it also features encoding to MPEG-1, encoding to MPEG-2, input from MPEG, input from AVI, input from WMV, supports templates, supports parameters, has a high converting speed, has good output quality, and has a user friendly interface.

Many people love using the MPEG encoder as it supports so many templates. The list of templates includes: • MPEG Manual Settings • VCD NTSC 29.97 fps CBR 350X240 • VCD NTSC film 23.976 fps CBR 350X240 • VCD PAL 25 fps CBR 352X288 • SVCD NTSC 29.97 fps 480X480 • SVCD NTSC film 23.976 fps 480X480 • SVCD PAL 25 fps 580X576 • DVD NTSC 4:3 29.97 fps 720X480 • DVD NTSC 4:3 29.97 fps 704X480 • DVD NTSC 4:3 29.97 fps 352X480 • DVD NTSC 4:3 29.97 fps 352X240 • DVD NTSC 16:9 29.97 fps 720X480 • DVD NTSC 16:9 29.97 fps 704X480 • DVD NTSC 16:9 29.97 fps 352X480 • DVD NTSC 16:9 29.97 fps 352X240 • DVD PAL 4:3 25 fps 720X576 • DVD PAL 4:3 25 fps 704X576 • DVD PAL 4:3 25 fps 352X576 • DVD PAL 4:3 25 fps 352X288 • DVD PAL 16:9 25 fps 720X576 • DVD PAL 16:9 25 fps 704X576 • DVD PAL 16:9 25 fps 352X576 • DVD PAL 16:9 25 fps 352X288