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DESCRIPTION
Episode (formerly Compression Master) is a powerful cross-platform desktop media encoding application for Mac and Windows. It offers the highest quality and fastest desktop encoding for content repurposing for distribution to Web, DVD, mobile phones and portable devices. Includes: extensive format support in/out including superior quality Flash 8/9 encoding, presets and filters, watch folders, batch processing of 25 jobs and Compressor plug-in. Format Flexibility - Current and emerging video & audio file format support: SD & HD, in and out
- Import virtually any file format, including broadcast/professional formats
- Encode to WM9, VC-1, Flash 8/9, H.264, MPEG-1/-2/-4, DV, 3GPP/2, M4A, MOV, QT and much more
Speed - Fastest encoding speeds available in a desktop encoder
Ultimate Quality - Optimized codecs, filters extensive fine-tuning compression capabilities allow you to generate the highest-quality media files
- Superior Flash 8/9 quality included
Easy to Use - Intuitive user interface with powerful preview window
- Predefined or customized encoding settings for beginners & pros alike
- Watch folders for automated encoding
- Batch processing of up to 25 jobs
Scalable: desktop to server solution
- Upgrade to Episode Pro to get advanced professional formats and increased capacity with unlimited batch processing
- Upgrade to scalable server-based Episode Engine with ultra-fast job processing for high-volume, time-critical workflows
WHAT'S NEW
Version 5.3: Note: Episode Engine version 5.3 is compatible with Episode desktop version 5.3 (Mac only). Please ensure that your Episode desktop and Episode Engine use the same version.
New features
- Support for running Episode products on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Support for 16 audio channels. The Channel Mapper filter can now map 16 input audio channels to 16 output audio channels.
- Added new VOD H.264 and MPEG-2 template settings
- Class on Demand video tutorials for Episode included.
- Closed caption support expanded
- Now supports Matrox MAX to accelerate H.264 encoding speed
- Improved time code support; Episode now properly handles 59.94fps time code in QuickTime
Full release notes (PDF)
REQUIREMENTS
- Intel based Mac or Apple PowerPC G5
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- QuickTime 7 or later
- Final Cut Pro 6
- Minimum 1 GB RAM
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| Episode User Reviews (12 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Dec 19 2008 |
DARWIN9 I tried the demo version of Episode after feeling very limited by the lack of certain higher end features on applications like VisualHub and AudialHub, which i used for video and audio conversion respectively. They were both amazing applications for most purposes but have now regrettably been discontinued. Despite the extremely limiting 20 second clip demo conversions i was extremely impressed by the clean interface, smooth and uncomplicated conversion workflow, wide choice of codecs and presets, and the speed and quality of the results. This is definitely software that does what i need, and does it well, but there is one thing that is preventing me from purchasing. Yes the price is very high considering there are many decent cheap (or free) video converters out there, but you get what you pay for and Episode is a high end application with a smooth professional feel to it... So why then do they cripple their $500 high end software by imposing a 25 item batch limit?!?! I mean you have this amazing conversion engine which is the same on the desktop and pro versions, and i can understand paying extra for the pro version to gain the pro features like high quality broadcast and surround applications, but for $500 i would expect unlimited batch processing and wont pay this price for such a limitation.
(Version 5.1) | |
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 | Aug 17 2008 |
MAC ADAM Lots of Problems with MacPro by encoding VOB !!! Deamon Crash, or stop to works aloneĀ
Please Update
(Version 5.0.1) | |
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| Feb 27 2007 |
DGOMBAU Aha - I tracked down (on SoftPedia). Trial version encodings are limited to 20 seconds. That is a shame - hardly enough to evaluate. I am sure that the developer loses potential sales that way. Many people (like me) make their purchase based on actual full use for one or two small projects, rather than the disabled or time-limited version. Here is some advice - if you prefer, shorten the evaluation period to just two weeks, but allow people to have full functionality to try for this time. That way, serious testers find out how good and indispensible the product really is, and will gladly pony up the dollars to buy. And if you are afraid that some people will exploit you and dowload a freebie so they can use it a few times then not buy it, do you think these users would buy it anyway? How about it guys? Here is a Cleaner user, waiting to take advantage of the cross-grade offer. I just want to try it properly before I decide.
(Version 4.2.2) | |
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| Feb 26 2007 |
DGOMBAU Downloaded this to evaluate and compare with Cleaner 6.5 as my video compression tool of choice, with a committed view to purchase if it excelled. However, I ran into a short time-limit on conversions. Was this the case? 30 days is plenty to evaluate, even 15 days. But a 30-second limit does not let me compare. I need to test the full capacity to render a couple files in total. Even a week's trial would be OK with a full version. But don't be parsimonious (stingy) with the length of clip. So what if a few people use it once or twice for a job they need and don't buy. You lose more sales to folks like myself who say, "Well, if I cannot really tell how good it is, I will pass." Or did I miss a setting somewhere? Very serious question.
(Version 4.2.2) | |
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| Jan 1 2007 |
JEFF H. Autodesk Cleaner is $599...this does a comparible job, and it's nearly $200 cheaper.
(Version 4.2.1) | |
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 | Feb 7 2007 |
CRAIGSEE Episode is $395, is updated more frequently and includes more codecs. If you own Cleaner you can crossgrade for only $195. http://www.flip4mac.com/episode_cleaner_offer.htm
(Version 4.2.2) | |
| Nov 9 2007 |
SHEIK YERBOUTY for 23$, Visualhub converted files that Episode Pro didn't. Ok, Visualhub might not be enough for professional users but it's still a great program. Actually it's an amazing program for 23 dollars. I have Episode Pro, but for my needs I have enough with Visualhub, much easier to use and converts allmost evey file a throw at. Can't say the same for Episode Pro.
(Version 4.4) | |
| Nov 6 2006 |
Looks good, but $400?!
(Version 4.1.3) | |
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| Sep 18 2006 |
NICELODEON HE-AAC+PS (aacPlus v2) doesn't work! At least on PPC. A real pitty as this is the only Mac software that supports it. Otherwise a great piece of software!
(Version 4.1.1) | |
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| Aug 8 2006 |
TURNTABLEROCKER Tried this version (4.0) as well as 4.0.1 from popwire website under 10.4.7 on a Dual G5 2GB system, but the application is closing down before the window can even open up. Also does not write ANY crash log. Tried uninstalling, turning off ANY other 3rd party applications, but still no go. | |
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 | Jun 2 2006 |
MADMACMAD i have tried Cleaner 6.5, Apple Compressor and Compression Master. Well to make it short Compression Master is for me the best one. The Software works now on Intel Mac's and has awesome Encoding Results with all Formats even Mpeg 2... Try it by yourself !!!
(Version 4.0) | |
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| May 18 2006 |
TOGGLEMEDIA I had been messing around with cleaner 6.5 trying to perform some basic video conversion, and it would crash at every step...I tried to troubleshoot and isolate why this was happening, but to no avail. So after stumbling upon Compression Master, I thought I would give it a try... and WOW!!! It has a great interface, and was "blazingly fast"...with not even a hiccup I encoded 10 files, in both QuickTime and WMV. Highly recommended. Comparatively cleaner 6.5 is a joke.
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