VideoReDo version 5

[wayner]

I hadn't used this software much lately so I just noticed that V5 is out - it will cost $25 to upgrade.

Anyone know whether it is worth it? It looks like it does use QuickSync which can be useful for speeding up transcoding times. It can also edit 4K video, not that I foresee needing that functionality in the near future.

[ranger]

I upgraded recently. I like the upgrade. The most noticeable improvement to me is the enhancements to the batch editor. Biggest gotcha - had to change comskip VideoRedo setting as they changed the format of the VPRJ file. Like you I see no immediate need for 4K video. Haven't done any transcoding yet.

Was it worth $25? Not sure, but I like keeping applications like this up to date.

[JerryB]

I upgraded and have been using the batch editor a lot to convert old mpeg files to h264 to save space and it works great. Some of the UI changes I could have lived without but definitely worth the upgrade price to me.

[tvmaster2]

I too just bought the V5 suite. Great that it deals with Tivo files as well. Had run a trial of the V4 software a while ago, and one thing I noticed with V5 is that it seems to find fault with every single TS file I throw at it from either my Colossus or HDPVR box. Usually results in Video and Audio resync frames being removed.
Not sure how this will effect playback of edited files, for example, in a recent 95 minute film recorded off satellite via Colossus/Sage, VRD found 912 audio resync frames it didn't like.
That seems like quite a lot.
Anyone else notice this?

[JerryB]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

one thing I noticed with V5 is that it seems to find fault with every single TS file I throw at it from either my Colossus or HDPVR box. Usually results in Video and Audio resync frames being removed.
Not sure how this will effect playback of edited files, for example, in a recent 95 minute film recorded off satellite via Colossus/Sage, VRD found 912 audio resync frames it didn't like.
That seems like quite a lot.
Anyone else notice this?

The new/updated encoding engine does seem to be a little more sensitive to errors in TS files and I did notice more audio/video resync frames being removed. On rare occasions I have seen numbers like the 912 that you quoted above, and, in these cases, I always check playback before deleting the original file. However, these are the exception on my system. Most of the time, I'd say that the V5 encoder identifies approximately 5 to 10 more frames for removal than the V4 encoder and removing these frames has never adversely affect playback. Also, this doesn't affect every single file on my system. Approximately half of my files don't have any A/V sync errors detected. My files are a mixture of recordings from an HDPVR and an HDHR Prime and, since the HDHR Prime files are not reencoded locally by the device, that may account for the overall lower number of resync errors that I'm seeing compared to you.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by JerryB

The new/updated encoding engine does seem to be a little more sensitive to errors in TS files and I did notice more audio/video resync frames being removed. On rare occasions I have seen numbers like the 912 that you quoted above, and, in these cases, I always check playback before deleting the original file. However, these are the exception on my system. Most of the time, I'd say that the V5 encoder identifies approximately 5 to 10 more frames for removal than the V4 encoder and removing these frames has never adversely affect playback. Also, this doesn't affect every single file on my system. Approximately half of my files don't have any A/V sync errors detected. My files are a mixture of recordings from an HDPVR and an HDHR Prime and, since the HDHR Prime files are not reencoded locally by the device, that may account for the overall lower number of resync errors that I'm seeing compared to you.

The Colossus recordings (Satellite) are generally producing higher fault numbers than the HDPVR recordings (cable set top box) are. I'm still trying to decide on the best setting for this: Ignore, Add Video Frames or Add Audio Frames. Ignore didn't actually ignore anything, as I ran a recording twice, one ON, and once OFF, and the same results were produced (30 audio resync frames removed).

Confused

[hoep]

I judge v5 more buggy than v4.0. 5.0 crashes with 30% of my dvbs-recorded .ts files, which work without any problem with the v4. Have both installed parallel. Actually v5 is close to useless at least with my recordings.