Need Suggestions for VERY GRAINY source

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Originally Posted by Zep

there is is NO WAY in hell you can get 300 to 700 megs at 1280 x 720p even with max settings in x264. Even at 4.4 gigs I tell the difference in quality VS direct from the bluray.

Obviously you can tell the difference; you can't get visually lossless at any smaller than the original in most cases anyways.

The quality is quite good overall though if you're not a quality snob. You'd be quite surprised how good x264 is at low bitrates, especially when you've denoised it heavily (thus also reducing the bit cost for highest detail areas).