[@Ron T.] Thank you for the input. You’re right, Video Enhancer is a “prosumer” (in the old sense) tool, for people who know the difference between container format and compression method, or how to select bitrate for a codec they choose and what it all means.
In a week (starting March 30, IIRC) here on SoS will be a big discount sale lasting for 7 days, and the license will be working for both 1.9 and all 2.x versions.