Baka Encoder
Neat AVC/AAC encoding tool.
Baka Encoder is a self-contained x264 and NeroAAC frontend dedicated for producing final encodings of video materials. Handles AviSynth scripts, video/audio without compression and video compressed with common intermediate codecs. Presets are defined via xml config with direct control over x264 and NeroAAC command line parameters.
This tool was developed mostly as a replacement for MeGUI to be less cluttered, more flexible and providing better quality.
Works on:
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Handles:
Uncompressed PCM audio
Uncompressed RGBA, RGB, RGB48, YUY2, YV12
HuffYUV
Lagarith (without null frames)
UT Video
MJPG
Avisynth scripts
Features:
Proper Unicode support
Clean UI
Batch file processing with task queue
Performs proper RGB-YCbCr conversion when necessary
Prevents upsampling
Supports 10-bit video encoding
Provides full control over encoding parameters
Supports thorough logging
Encoding process can be paused
English, Estonian, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian) and Russian localizations
No installation required
Known issues:
Multichannel audio encoding sometimes is performed incorrectly.
Some antivirus software fallaciously classify Baka Encoder as malware. This is probably caused by extraction of packed tools and libraries, as such a behavior is not common. (this should be solved since v1.1.0)
Notes:
This software is free for non-commercial usage.
No warranties are implied, you are using this software on your own risk.
Avisynth required only if you want to process scripts.
For 4:2:0 output subsampling width and height of the input (and output) video must be multiple of 2 pixels.
For 4:2:2 output subsampling width of the input (and output) video must be multiple of 2 pixels.
Actually just use standard dimensions.
Log files have the same name as output files with ".log.txt" appended.
Only one application instance allowed to run at the same time.
In order to load particular presets file drop it onto Baka Encoder.exe.
Although Baka Encoder is a GUI tool it can also parse some command line arguments
"Baka Encoder.exe" "path_to_config_file" "path_to_input_file_1" ... "path_to_input_file_n"
Temporary files are stored in TEMP Baka Encoder folder located at disk root,
e.g. if you are encoding file
"C:\My Documents\my amv.avi"
temp folder will be
"C:\TEMP Baka Encoder\"
This folder is created in the beginning of encoding and is automatically deleted after encoding.
Approximate RAM consumption, Gb
SD ~ 0.5 ... 1.0
HD 720p ~ 1.0 ... 1.5
HD 1080p ~ 3.0 ... 4.5
System menu (can be opened by left-clicking on small icon on the top left corner of the application window, or right clicking on window title or taskbar preview) contains additional "Always on top", "Donate" and "About" items.
Download Baka Encoder
Download my alternative configuration for High Quality Encode