How We Do It Your digital tapes are output from our Sony DSR2000 professional decks through the SDI connections directly into our MPX3000 encoders.

The DSR2000 DVCAM editing recorder is designed with exceptional editing capabilities, multi-format playback compatibilities and professional high-quality images. Since these decks allow us to output SDI we don't need to do any analog to digital conversions keeping your video in its native format.

State-of-Art Technology

The MPX3000 is Spruce's real-time encoder for MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 video encoding, and AC-3 Dolby Digital 2 channel audio encoding. Since the encoder is real-time there is no need to first encode the audio and video into an AVI or QuickTime file and then transcode that file into a DVD compliant MPEG2 and AC3 file. Many cheaper encoders first encode the video into one of the above formats and then convert the file to a DVD compliant file.

Better Than The Competition

Many others don't compress the audio into an AC3 file leaving it as a PCM audio file which is much larger than digital AC3 file. This requires you to lower the bit rate and quality of the video file to fit both the MPEG2 video and the PCM audio onto the DVD. The real-time encoder not only saves time, but it allows us to create higher quality DVDs. As the audio and video are sent to the computer the MPX3000 encoder compresses the audio and video directly into into DVD compliant files.

Innovation In Design

We have designed our own encoding program based on the Spruce Technologies SASI engine to control all aspects of the encoding process. The computer tells the deck when they should begin to play and when to stop the video tape. The computers also automatically adjust the bit rate for your video based on the length of your movie. This allows us to provide you with the highest quality available.