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Kinger124
12-04-2006, 12:27 PM
hello im a noobie to this so maybe you can help me out, first of all wonderful program!

But, since there is no "how to" maybe some of you could give me a little direction.

Ok, i go to convert a video, and at first i was using 1 click convert. which worked (I was using MPEG-4 SP. then starting using MPEG-AVC and that worked fine too.

1. Which format should I use for the best quailty?

2. Does it always take a VERY LONG time to convert some videos?

When i convert and play the video its small, but i can set the PS3 player to "normal" or "full screen" and it will fit to my hdtv. But quality isnt the sharpest.. its still decent, but not as good as playing it at the smaller size.
Now i noticed in the encoding part of this converter theres a resolution setting.. so i set it to 1280x720, thinking it would make the quality MUCH better. ( i figured this would be a decent setting since i have a 32" hdtv and it has a 720p native res and supports up to 1080i)
But when i do this and go to put it onto my PS3 it says unsupported format...

3. As for the settings and such, what should encoding be set to? and what should the settings be set at for the best quality picture?

if you can help me with these questions it would be great, thanks again!

digitaldecay
12-18-2006, 01:50 PM
Heres some techniques that to be the best.

Standard DVDs are generally 720*480 or 640*480 video resolution and about 4 Mbps bitrate.
MP4 AVC video with 720*480p and 2.5Mbps ( 2500 kbps ) is my choice, which is nearly DVD Quality and only around 2GB for two hours.

There are other factors that can reduce your file size too:
Lower biterate in CBR
Use FQ-VBR
Quantizer - higher the number the less colors used, works great on reducing file size

Now if you want DVD quality rips you will need to use MPEG-2 PS at 720*480 res with CBR and a biterate of 5 Mbps. This will most likely be 1:1 file size 4.7 GB or 8.5 GB for DL-dvd's

Now only if this program could do 2 passes which would greatly improve the file size to quality ratio.

Heres a screen shot of the profile i use the most: