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Best video encoder

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Hey guys,

What encoder do you guys use. What is the best industry encoder? I used Premiere(adobe media encoder) and Resolve. And it seems resolve his encoder is already better then the one from Premiere(same settings and codecs). But my guess is there are specialized Encoding hardware/software that do even much greater encoding. But I do not seem be able to find any information on it.

Thanks!
 
The stuff you are asking about is very expensive dedicated hardware and specialized software. It's really a separate area of products that most of us never touch because it is on the broadcast/media authoring side of things. Years ago, when GPUs didn't have ASICs for video encoding or hardware accelerated video encoding of any kind, such things were the norm, but they are now niche products that only certain segments of the media business that need real-time/high-efficiency or reference-grade media creation use.
 
I do like using the x264 encoder (can select it within Premiere/Media Encoder, as long as you have the x264 encoder installed). It will act the same as if you were to use HandBrake, for example, so it saves a render doing x264 directly from Premiere. It uses 100% of all your CPU cores/threads, which is what I like about it. I always had a problem with other codecs not utilizing all the available processing power.

I use the x264 encoder, 2 pass, Slower preset. That will create a solid .mkv file (you can select several containers). Then I render an audio only AAC file, then use "mkvmerge" inside of the MKVToolNix program, to join the audio and video together.

Great for web delivery.
 
Personally I encode a 4k 422HQ out of premiere so I always have a full res version for any reason in the future. Then that 422hq file goes into Apple Compressor and I make a 4k h642 web version in that. From feedback I've received and visual comparison it's better to to use Compressor for final exports IMO.

I've tried x264 and it's amazing but doesn't work with 4k from what I've tried. Maybe I'm wrong now I haven't given it a go for a few months now.
 
x264 can do 4K. If it isn't working for you, it's an issue with whatever encoding software or config/settings you are using. Some are pretty fartastic if you try to do 4K, because they are not optimized or well-written.
 
I used to use "squeeze" back in the day.. now adobe media encoder rules them all.
 
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