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Depends on your needs actually. However, one can say that right now x264 is the right choice. Compared to the commercial solutions, not only it doesn't lack features, speed or quality, but in most areas it even surpasses encoders that cost hundreds of dollars. It's a perfect example of open source software's power! If you just need to do a simple conversion, I suggest SUPER, a GUI for ffmpeg and mencoder that can use x264 to create an H.264 encoded file. If you want to convert DVD to H.264 the best choice would be Fair use Wizard. Other free solutions to convert DVD to H.264 are MeGUI and Gordian Knot.Depends on your needs actually. However, one can say that right now x264 is the right choice. Compared to the commercial solutions, not only it doesn't lack features, speed or quality, but in most areas it even surpasses encoders that cost hundreds of dollars. It's a perfect example of open source software's power! If you just need to do a simple conversion, <delete>I suggest SUPER</delete>, a GUI for ffmpeg and mencoder that can use x264 to create an H.264 encoded file. If you want to convert DVD to H.264 the best choice would be Fair use Wizard. Other free solutions to convert DVD to H.264 are MeGUI and Gordian Knot.<big>ALERT: [[Super Encoder]] is Malware/Spyware/Virus DO NOT INSTALL SUPER. As of 2012 the developers have added payloads to Super that force install malware to your PC. </big>