CBR vs VBR

[Max Meier]

Hi,

just started using DVD2SVCD a couple Days ago. But CCE always frooze encoding.

Tried alot to get it running. After changing Ram/Bios/VIA Drivers and alot more I was just about to give up.

When I gave CBR a try instead of VBR x 4 and everything worked without a problem. Nice thing is that it takes about 4 hours to complete the rip and encoding (98 minute movie). This was done on a Duron 1200 with 256 MB of ram.

Quality is still outstanding.

So if you're having CCE stops while encoding give it a try and be surprised :)

DVD2SVCD is really a great program. Thx for it.

cheers Max

[Holomatrix]

There are alot of threads on why CCE might freeze with VBR. Namely bitrate values for Min and Max are too close, or do a search, or;
http://rilanparty.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10890&highlight=CCE+freeze
or http://rilanparty.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13016&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
Hope this helps

[Max Meier]

Yeah, I was reading them. What I did'nt like is having to wait about 8 hours to see if CCE locks up :-)

Before there is no 100 % solution I'm gonna stick with CBR. I can make a lot more rips that way.

cheers Max