Here’s a quickie. Sorenson Squeeze is one of my go to programs for encoding to multiple formats on both Mac and Windows computers. They’ve just launched version 5, which appears to have some useful improvements, like the ability to encode multiple files simultaneously.

There’s also VC-1 support, and the ability to create audience presets that can incorporate audio, video, filters and distribution, which should really help speed some workflow. As always, Sorenson offers a trial version, which you should definitely check out.