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bilestyle

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Sep 3, 2004
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Sick of applescript programs for video conversion, here's my new Cocoa app written entirely in Objective-C, multithreaded, to encode a variety of movie formats into vcd mpeg1/svcd mpeg2, xvcd, xsvcd, and DVD ready for DVD Studio Pro format.

Digital Schism webpage:
http://homepage.mac.com/digitalschism/choice.html

Download Link:
http://homepage.mac.com/digitalschism/echelon.dmg


There is a variety of different options available for todays media afficianado, we find the format to be trusted by the experts, and that maintains the widest range of compatability is MPEG. (Specifically MPEG-1 and MPEG-2)

It has become clear to us that it isn't as easy as it should be to convert the wide array of available media formats to (S/X)VCD/DVD. In an effort to answer a large demand for a simple to use program that encompasses the large spectrum of options available to the Macintosh platform we are proud to bring you Echelon.

Convert multiple files

Echelon delivers the capability of converting a large queue list of files to a variety of different MPEG based formats (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2). It aims to employ all the complex video tools in one easy to use program.



Limitless customization

In an effort to accomodate your personal needs each file maintains its own individual settings. It is also possible to save your favorite presets for future usage.



Fast, Reliable, Simple

We have put in endless hours of research to only allow conversion methods that will solely yield usable end products. We aim to have a harmonious blend of intuitition and simplicity, the things you have come to expect as a Macintosh user.



Advanced User Features

In an effort to meet the needs of the varied levels of experience within our userbase we have implemented an array of advanced features for each encoder included.



Realtime Preview

In addition to intuitive graphical and textual progress indication, the user has the freedom to view the actual frames of video as they are encoded.



Multiple Effect Filters

From adjusting gamma (to be implemented later), to deinterlacing, to denoising we attempted to supply all the necessary effect filters for any of your desired outcomes.



World friendly

We will be localizing Echelon in multiple languages, and are up to suggestion for any localizations we didn't cover, dont hesitate to contact us with more language suggestions.
 

Rod Rod

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Sep 21, 2003
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Las Vegas, NV
Update:

homepage.mac.com/digitalschism said:
Echelon has been discontinued due to lack of support, anyone who previously bought the program may still get support from digitalschism@cox.net, otherwise we no longer sell/distribute the product.

I was going to try it out but of course Cleaner and Compressor do a fine job.

In other news, FfmpegX now supports H.264 encoding (but in .avi wrappers at the moment; mp4 wrappers will come later).

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15473
 

cb911

macrumors 601
Mar 12, 2002
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heh. lack of user support? more like too much support from the warez community... ;)
twisted.gif


if you dont' know what really happened to it, dig up the whole story, very interesting, amusing and scary all at the same time. :eek: :D
 

Rod Rod

macrumors 68020
Sep 21, 2003
2,180
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Las Vegas, NV
cb911 said:
heh. lack of user support? more like too much support from the warez community... ;)
twisted.gif


if you dont' know what really happened to it, dig up the whole story, very interesting, amusing and scary all at the same time. :eek: :D

it's probably unrealistic to expect a product that has massive appeal to the warez types not to be cracked and then freely distributed.

do you have any links to "the whole story"? I did some Google digging and I didn't get anywhere. thanks.
 
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