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HC Encoder, a freeware MPEG-2 encoder. It offers quality comparable to commercial alternatives and the development has a strong focus on DVD compliancy.

HC Encoder is available in two versions:
- Easy to use stand-alone GUI version
- A batch version controlled by an .INI file or command line parameters

Core features of HC Encoder:
- Input via Avisynth or DGIndex/DGDecode projects
- 2-pass variable bitrate (VBR) encoding
- Three quality modes: BEST, NORMAL and FAST
- User controllable GOP structure
- Scene change detection
- User configurable quantization matrices
- Fast encoding speed

HC Encoder is fully supported by DVD ReBuilder, together they make high quality DVD to DVD-R backups, while being a totally free solution.

Download: HC Encoder 0.23