Good avidemux settings for standalone compatible xvid?

[J-Wo]

Hey guys, I'm converting some 1280x720 mkv files to standalone compatible xvid at 720x480 (16:9 output display aspect ratio). Bitrate will be around 2000 kbps. Using avidemux 2.4.3 could someone recommend me some good high quality settings for XviD Encoding Options please? Thanks

[LoRd_MuldeR]

1. You are not allowed to ask "what's best", better rephrase your question before the thread gets closed by a mod.

2. I think for hardware compatibility you should keep "QPel" and "GMC" off

3. For all the rest I would max out all settings to squish out as much quality as possible (user lower/faster settings, if you don't have the time)

[J-Wo]

Sorry, thanks for the edit Neuron.

1) For the H.264 B-frame detection warning, is it okay to press "Cancel" or is it recommended to use "Safe Mode"?

2) Basically I'm using all the default settings for MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid4). I know if I enable certain advanced features like QPel and GMC, my player doesn't like it. But since I'm encoding at a (relatively) high resolution and bitrate, I'd like to know if there are any changes to Quantization restrictions (min/max I/P/B frames) and under the Second Pass tab that I should consider.

Thanks very much guys.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

1. Avidemux doesn't handle H.264 in the proper frame-accurate way yet, but for now the "Safe Mode" should be safe (what a surprise ^^).

2. One B-Frame should be the safest option for standalone players (as used by DivX). Two gives better compression, but is less safe. You shouldn't go above 3 anyway.

(I'm not aware of any Keyframe-Interval restrictions, but at a certain point seeking will become painful)