Optimum Bitrate

[Dr. Nick]

At what minimum bitrate in GKnot would you consider switching to two Cd's rather than one?...is there a rule for such a thing? such as anything less than 700 or 650?

Any help would be appreciated
David

[ivan_alias]

It really depends on the film.

This is what the compressability check is for too really.

I ahve some films that look really good at 550 kbit/s and some terrible 700 kbit/s ones.


A 90 min film should be no problem on 1 CD and a 2 hour one would be better on 2 CDs, but as I've posted in the general forum. I have a harry potter backup that looks really good on 1 CD and its 2 hours 20 in length!

[Mac Sidewinder]

I totally agree with Ivan. Each person has their own idea of what is a good encode. For me, I try to stay between 60 and 70%. If I drop below 60% I start considering another cd. If I use another cd then I usually up the audio to ac3.

But what it comes down to is what do YOU like? Try a few different encodes at different bitrates and see what you think.

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