Ahead releases first beta for Nero Recode 2 - includes MPEG4 encoding
Posted on 05/12/03 00:39 by Torsten                             
Ahead releases first beta for Nero Recode 2 - includes MPEG4 encoding
The German newssite Chip.de reports that Ahead have released the first beta version of the upcoming software Nero Recode 2. Due to the fact that a final version of Nero Recode 1 was never released, we will probably never see it.

Ahead SoftwareThe software is able to copy and do a "9 to 5" conversation for DVDs, compile new DVDs from existing collections or convert them into the new Nero-Digital-Format (MPEG4).

The highlight of this software is Ahead's MPEG4-Video-Codec. Unfortunately it only imports complete DVDs and no single video files yet. So Recode cannot be used as an MPEG4 converter yet.

Fortunately the codec is pretty fast. On a Pentium 4 with 2 GHz the program managed to encode 35 frames per second, in Dual-Pass mode it only needed 2 hours for a 90 minutes film.

Unfortunately, I was not able to find any information about this on the Ahead website. The chip-story mentions a picture gallery for Nero Recode 2, but they seem to have a little problem with their site and the link is currently unavailable.

I wonder if there are any standalone players that can play back MPEG4-DVDs.

Source: Chip.de

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By jef195, Friday 05 December 2003 05:27
Joerg to see a picture gallery of Recode 2 Go Here http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=15985&
By damiandimitri, Friday 05 December 2003 09:41
yeah..looks nice. Can't wait to try it. I wonder if it as good as shrink
By Ian@CDRLabs.com, Friday 05 December 2003 14:30
Ian@CDRLabs.comThis beta was sent out to select publications. I don't think it was for the public.
By DoMiN8ToR, Friday 05 December 2003 14:37
DoMiN8ToRIndeed, Ahead also notes that it is still a beta version that will be continuously optimised until the release. Nero Recode 2 will be available via free update for all Nero 6 retail users.
By gmgriot, Saturday 06 December 2003 07:31
Used beta .95 think same author as shrink. doesnt seem to allow menu shrink,re-author or do still images. Really goog for a first release not better than shrink.
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