VOB to PS3 MP4, fastest software?

[NoOne2]

I've been converting VOB's to MP4's with PS3Video 9 which does a great job. I do 480p @ 3072kbps and the quality is decent.

I found the software a little slow on my Core2 4300 @ 3.2ghz and knowing the software was multithreaded upgraded to a Q6600 @ 3.3ghz.

Unfortunetly PS3Video9 doesn't work too well with 4 cores and the speed increase was marginal.

I've tried MeGUI and a few others but honestly without a solid background they are pretty confusing to use and get right. Ps3Video 9 had a nearly 100 percent success rate, something I've not even come close to with the other software.

The sheer number of options throws me and its not userfriendly. I also cannot a good tutorial on what I specifically want to do.

All I care about is 2 channel audio, 480p quality, >4 gig file size, and a program that will run all 4 cores at 100 percent.

I have the cooling for it and want to set it up to encode and run.

Any good tutorials on the net that maybe show the software and a call out explaining each option?

I had been trying this before but one problem I had was chaining together VOB's and timestamp problems. PS3Video9 fixed all those when it converted it so I need something that will handle non-sequential time stamps too.

Thanks

[buzzqw]

you can try AutoMen and the PS3 check

the cores are well maximized

the application is quite simple.. but do its job

BHH

[denze]

you can try AutoMen and the PS3 check

the cores are well maximized

the application is quite simple.. but do its job

BHH

Thank you, Automen is very well done

[buzzqw]

:) thanks!

BHH

[NoOne2]

I'm running Automem right now. It seems about the same speed as PS3Video9 but I think I'm running at a higher res and 2 pass versus 480p and 1 pass.

I picked PS3, constant bit rate of 3072, checked threads, set video quality to 7 and audio to 128kbps.

The only part that makes me wonder is I get this line when runnning it:

[swscaler @ 00D73510]SwScaler: 720x480 -> 720x540

Does that mean its rescaling it to 540lines?

About another 20 minutes go on the encode and I can do a back to back comparison.

Thanks for the suggestion. After posting this I found a step by step tutorial for Megui but I have problems with AVIsynth on Vista. I've tried doing everything I could, registering the DLL's, new versions, installing and updating with admin rights but I still get AVIsynth script errors.

Its running all 4 cores close to 100 percent but not completely. Supreme Commander will get all 4 running at 64c but this is getting me to 60c...I'm going to trim some more stuff out of Vista and see how much I can get it to give to the program.

Thanks again

[buzzqw]

AutoMen use mencoder as encoder AND resizer.

Even if you set Original as Width , mencoder will resize to CORRECT Aspect Ratio.

after finished encoding look in your tv, and judge ;)

about megui, threre is a thread for troubleshoting.. and several for megui AND vista... look around

best regards

BHH

[deets]

its gotta be ripbot264 for sure :)

its quite easy to use, select the ps3 profile, chose the output res and away you go.

your q6600 at that speed should go through 480p at quite a rate and should use all yours cores at near full on the second pass.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127611

and there is a bit of an old guide on my link below

[NoOne2]

Rip bot so far is the fastest. 124fps from Automen but 134+ from RipBot. I think they all use the same background software but RipBot pegs out all 4 cores between 91 and 100 percent, the others hovered around 85. I have it OC'd to 3.3ghz but looks like I have more headroom with the temps I've been getting at 100percent utilization.

However Ripbot leaves me with a file I cannot use. Before I was encoding at 3072kbps but with RipBot I can only chose 2160 or 4160 and 4160 leaves me with a 4.05gb file which the PS3 craps out on.

I'm trying a 2 pass 2160 right now to see the quality along with a single pass with the CQ set to 24. How would I set it up to get 480p and the bit rate near 3072? That gets me in most cases even with larger files something under 4gb.

The only problem is with poorer source material I get a ton of macroblocking and the sheering effect. With high quality source material its tough to tell the difference between the Mp4 and the original, and those were all single pass.

See in about an hour how it turns out.

[deets]

in ripbot you can set the target out size of the video by ticking lock size in the bottom right of the main page, either select one of the drop down number or fill in your own number, say 3800MB or whatever is safe for the PS3. it will auto adjust the bitrate.

with macroblocks, you could try increasing the deblocking to see if that helps, it will lose you some sharpness (you dont say!) but could help if the blocking causing the viewing to be impaired.

right click the ... box next to the profile drop down on the main screen, then slide the slide along at the top. positive number smooth the image more, negative will be sharper... try 2 and 2 and see how that helps.

[Atak_Snajpera]

If you want file under 4GB limit use 'Lock Size' and enter 4096 or slightly lower value.

I think they all use the same background software but RipBot pegs out all 4 cores between 91 and 100 percent, the others hovered around 85

I use default --thread-auto switch instead of manual --thread 2 , 4 ... Auto uses 3 threads for dual core , 6 for quad and so on. (1.5*Cores=number of threads) . I really don't know why some people manually set those values when auto works better?

[buzzqw]

just for precision.. in automen the audio is done WHILE doing video... so compute time from start to finish..

afaik in ripbot264 (a very good application indeed) audio and video encoding are 2 separated process

BHH