.ini options do not work ?

[toolman2k]

maybe it's just me (it probably is :) ) but when I edit the .ini and add the following lines:

CCETargetSectors=226400

and

min_bitrate=1000

I get an undersized DVD, around 4,21 GB...but more importantly I still see in preparation phase that it shows HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL = 3.500 / 1.950 / 2.700 .... shouldnt the LOW be 1000 ?

[Fishman0919]

maybe it's just me (it probably is :) ) but when I edit the .ini and add the following lines:

CCETargetSectors=226400

and

min_bitrate=1000

I get an undersized DVD, around 4,21 GB...but more importantly I still see in preparation phase that it shows HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL = 3.500 / 1.950 / 2.700 .... shouldnt the LOW be 1000 ?

Did you maybe mean CCETargetSectors=2236400, 226400 is a bit small...real small

[toolman2k]

oops yes it was 2264000, an extra zero :) u have answer on my other question as well :)

[jdobbs]

The low value wouldn't be 1000. The values shown there are the HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL average bitrate of the segments.

Just as a note... you should never, never, never set a minimum bitrate that high.... it will result in wasted bits that hurt your output quality severely. You're giving the encoder almost no range to work with in its VBR allocation.... I would never go over 500.

Also, make sure the lines you add to the INI file are in the [Options] section -- otherwise they will be ignored.

[toolman2k]

ok thanks:) i know RB sets it default to .... 300 ? but i was used to setting MIN/MAX and AVG in CCE. which then exactly uses those values. why would u use different in RB ? if you say it works as it does, i believe you :) but how can i verify it will use 300 or whatever i set as the minimum ? is there a way to check that ?

[jdobbs]

CCE works the same way. Setting minimum and maximum values doesn't mean that either of the values will ever actually get used. They are just boundaries. The encoder will swing and use bitrates as they are needed.

If you set it to 1000Kbs, though, it's much more likely that the encoder will hit it because it's high. The problem is that it will be forced to use 1000Kbs on low demand scenes even if 500Kbs would result in the exact same quality.

[toolman2k]

aha ok....and i always thought i knew CCE :) thanks ! i will leave out the line, since it defaults to 500. i will play around with the targetsectors sizing issue. oh and btw.....your tool rocks! but you already knew that of course ;)