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brashquido
4th April 2003, 02:07
Hi All,

I've read a few threads about IC doing weirdo (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47981&highlight=panic+room) stuff with file sizes, and for the first time last night I experienced one myself. I've been trying to convert Panic Room (Region 4 PAL version) using IC v.091 and it seems no mater what settings I have it on it always comes out at about 4GB.

Last night I did a test. I set everything to 100% and set IC to go, and as I'd expect the resulting filesize was about 5,700MB, the same as the source. On the second run I set every thing to 100% except for the main movie which I reduced one notch to about 99.57% from memory. This time the resulting filesize had been reduced by about 1,700MB to 4,040MB. Obviously a reduction of less than .5% on the main movie isn't going to do this, and I was just wondering if anyone had any theories as to why this happens?

MackemX
4th April 2003, 02:26
is it 2.35:1 by any chance?

brashquido
4th April 2003, 02:46
Possibly, I forgot to check and I'm at work now :o :rolleyes:. It was a wide angle movie, just don't know what ratio. If there is a known problem with 2.35:1 with IC then I'm 90% sure that's what it'll be. I played the IC DVD on my Pioneer 355 set top player, and apart from a bit of a stutter playing the DTS introduction sequence, it looked perfect. Mind you, I wasn't looking for incorrect ratio aspects either.

MackemX
4th April 2003, 02:49
it atill gives good quality but not as good as DVD95Copy or DVD2One due to this wasted space

sometimes the audio/menu/extras makes up for this loss but in your case it looks like it hasn't