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Kedirekin · 22nd April 2004, 13:15

Good question. I'm curious what other people are using myself.

In my experience, average bitrate of 3,500 is about the minimum for 24 fps material, down to about 3,000 if there are large black bars (2.35:1 AR).

For full screen 30 fps interlaced extras, 3,800 is rock bottom, and I'm a lot more comfortable above 4,000.

[This might explain why I like transcoders so much. Many DVDs start out with an average bitrate around 4,500; on those DVDs 3,500 corresponds to about 78% in a transcoder].

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Kedirekin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,110	Good question. I'm curious what other people are using myself. In my experience, average bitrate of 3,500 is about the minimum for 24 fps material, down to about 3,000 if there are large black bars (2.35:1 AR). For full screen 30 fps interlaced extras, 3,800 is rock bottom, and I'm a lot more comfortable above 4,000. [This might explain why I like transcoders so much. Many DVDs start out with an average bitrate around 4,500; on those DVDs 3,500 corresponds to about 78% in a transcoder].