JOGGA  If you want hundreds of knobs to turn and support for every imaginable format I guess you're right. But RoadMovie is all about getting things done in a easy, stylish and painless way. The average user has probably never heard of the formats you mention above. People just want the job done and that is what my application does, and it does it well.

You also say that the files converted for iPod Video doesn't play because it "needs a moov header and this is not supported by RoadMovie". Every QuickTime movie has a moov atom and it's obviously supported. What you are saying is just plain wrong!

I have a PSP myself (the slim & lite 3004). The converted files works just fine. Make sure your memory stick is formatted in the PSP and put the converted videos in the VIDEO folder.

Regarding speed I can say that in RoadMovie (at least under 10.6 Snow Leopard) is well up there with those FFMPEG based encoders. Since QuickTime is component based you can download and use several encoders based on the FFMPEG or x264 projects, if speed is an issue for you. Download the x264Encoder from http://korta.nu/5cc6 and make a custom preset. Voila, you have all those knobs to turn in RoadMovie as well ;-)

25 bucks is in my oppinion very reasonable. You get a lot more automation than in those apps you mention above and you also get unique features like automatic upload and subtitle support.  
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JOGGA  Sorry to hear that you can't get the PSP encoding to work. I don't really know why, but if you send me a mail we can try to find a solution. Please mail to jogga at bitfield dot se and we will sort this out. Thx!  
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MISHA  That is a pretty standard conversion speed.

Btw, your Mac Pro can probably encode things much faster than the Turbo.264 can... Turbo.264 really only provides a speed boost on systems with 1 or 2 cores. If you have 4 or 8 cores and are using an app that can take advantage of them, your Mac Pro will do the encoding MUCH faster (applies to any app, not just iVC).  
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MISHA  Er-- I meant RoadMovie. Although you might want to try iVideo Converter. :)  
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ZX  You are correct regarding the Turbo.264. My tests showed that in both cases speeds where pretty much the same. But "the late" VisualHub is still much faster. I would love to know how to duplicate the converssion setting from VisualHub to RoadMovie so i can do a fair compression.   
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JOGGA  Hi MISHA and ZX.

This is what I have found out. It seems like there is a performance problem with the Turbo.264, HD resolution movies and subtitle tracks! In my tests there is a huge difference. Exporting a 720p mkv without subtitles run a approximately 20 fps, which is pretty darn good. Exporting the exact same 720p mkv with subtitles run at 1 fps??? For some reason the Turbo framework has a hard time encoding the subtitle track with the video track. I will try to figure out why. Please email me if you want to help me test this further...

For all you other RoadMovie users out there I'm glad to annonce that the QuickTime exporters in software (iPhone, iPod and Apple TV) is at least twice as fast in 10.6 Snow Leopard as they where before in 10.5 Leopard!!!  
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JOGGA  Presets for Wii and PSP works just fine. Follow the instructions on http://www.bitfield.se/support. QuickTime is also going to have a major update in 10.6 Snow Leopard. Hopefully we will see some major speed improvements and better handling of multi-core processors. All applications based on QuickTime will benefit from this, including RoadMovie ;-) And if you think the speed is too slow, get an Elgato Turbo.264 HD. Use the Turbo with RoadMovie and leave everything else behind in the dust. It's way, way faster than anything else, including all FFMPEG-based applications.  
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JOGGA  Make sure you have the latest PSP firmware. Mount your PSP memory stick using USB or a memory stick reader. Make sure you have a folder named VIDEO at the root level of the memory stick. If not, you need to format your memory stick. Export your movie using the PSP preset and save it to the VIDEO folder on the memory stick. Done! You can also create a Destination that points directly to the VIDEO folder on the PSP so you don't even have to move them in there manually ;-)  
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