| Developer(s) | Custom Technology Corporation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 8, 2000[1] |
| Stable release | CCE-SP2 1.00.01.09 / 2009-07-21, CCE-Basic 2.70 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | English, Japanese |
| Type | Video encoder |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | Custom Technology Corporation's Website |
Cinema Craft Encoder or CCE is a video encoder for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. It is written in assembly[2] and optimized with SIMD multimedia instructions of compatible x86 processors.
It is capable of single-pass and multi-pass Constant bitrate and Variable bitrate encoding[3]. CCE converts from AVI and QuickTime to MPEG-2 video and mp2 audio and can even take Avisynth- Scripts as source files. DVD-compliant MPEG-2 video or custom MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video streams are supported as output formats. The program can be extended via a plugin which enables Adobe Premiere to export to CCE's supported output video formats. CCE features both a GUI and a command line interface and can be used for batch processing[4]. Furthermore, it is used in various video-transcoders for the encoding.
It comes in three versions: CCE basic for consumers, CCE SP for professional use, and CCE Pro, a hardware device consisting of a PC CCE SP and digitizing boards.[5] CCE Basic was discontinued at the end of July 2009.[6] CCE SP and CCE Pro encoders were also discontinued[7] and replaced by newer products: CCE SP2 and CINEMA CRAFT Xtream Presto.[8]
CCE is well known for its use as the de-facto standard in Scene DVD-R releases[9].