Best way to encode 3hs for dvd

[Alexandros]

I have 24 episodes of a serie in dvdrip, i want to put 4 in each DVD
... 48 minutes each one (3.2hs the 4 episodes) at an avg bitrate between 3000 and 3100, wich is the best way to do this? now im using CCE 2.70 in 3 pass VBR (2 pass)
thanks

[Amnon82]

Normaly it is ok the way you do. I added SeriesIQ to my tool AutoQ2. Drob, my leadtester wanted a feature to do his series encodes faster. My tool is a 1Pass prediction tool. It tests the first episode and start in the test of the second with the final Q-value of the first episode. If you want, give it a try. Btw. don't ask what the best is. It violates some rules here ...

[Alexandros]

thanks Amnon82, i'll try that tool, i dont care for the process time, i want better results with equal bitrate, today i test in a TV (not LCD or plasma...a regular) and i like the result, my question was more about the "advanced settings, quality, etc" of ECC, if there is anything to touch there to get better results than the default settings
thanks again