Flip4Mac: why use Episode instead of Compressor
Expert, Johan Skaneby, tells it all in the podcast HERE.
Quite the informative interview with Johan. He points out advantages of using Episode in today's file based workflow, and the Final Cut integration which eliminates the need to render certain aspects of your project, before you can see the results.
There's good integration of Episode directly into Compressor, too. Instead of rendering thru Final Cut and then going to Episode, you send to Compressor and then pick a preset that is actually from Episode.
There's good talk about Episode Engine that integrates server based processing for multiple users.
Take a look at the Telestream site HERE for more on Episode.