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elizerrojas
13th February 2006, 13:14
what exactly does "menu encoding" do?, why should i anable it? how does it help the picture quality? thanks.
Rockas
13th February 2006, 13:52
- well... it encodes the menus the same way it encodes the rest... meaning... the menus will be smaller... meaning... there will be more space available for eveything :D
elizerrojas
13th February 2006, 14:23
got it. thanks Rockas.
rapscallion
14th February 2006, 17:57
Just tried backing up Red Eye (1hr25min movie)with menu encoding selected and extras blanked. Interestingly the result was quite a bit oversized @ 4.43gb.

All my other movie only mode backups result in ~4.35gb, using CCE 4 pass.
Does CCE treat the menus differently somehow? BTW target sectors set @227880
jdobbs
14th February 2006, 23:50
No... but stills can't be reduced, so if there are a lot of them (they're a lot more common in menus) it could make the calculations go off... I'll look and see if I can prevent that.
Sled_Dog
15th February 2006, 03:23
Having an oversize issue here as well. The movie, X-Men 1.5. Same result with last and present ver of Rebuilder Pro. It comes in at 4.42, according to CopyToDvd. Using CCE 4 pass, menu enc enabled, kill DTS audio, 64bit idtc, Kvcd notch matrix, full backup. Maybe will try with menu enc off...
blutach
15th February 2006, 12:19
Worst comes to the worst folks, you can use MenuShrink (http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/) afterwards if needs be. It can select a single VCID to crunch if you like to buy yourself a few tens (or hundreds) of Mb.

Regards
jdobbs
15th February 2006, 13:19
Ok, I looked at this and I think I may have found something that could make size prediction be off (not much, but off) when encoding with "Menu Encoding" on... I'll fix it for the next release.
elizerrojas
15th February 2006, 13:41
i just wanted to say that i encoded "Domino" with PRO_1.0.7.2 with menus encodind on and it came out perfect, 4.43 GB.
jdobbs
15th February 2006, 13:57
4.43GB is "perfect"? A DVD+-R will only hold 4.37GB...
blutach
15th February 2006, 14:16
More than perfect :D

Regards
jdobbs
15th February 2006, 14:42
LOL -- I've always heard "more" is better!
elizerrojas
15th February 2006, 14:43
oops. ment to say 4.33. i'm going home and i won't come out to play again. sorry.LOL
jdobbs
15th February 2006, 19:47
Come on... come out an play!!!
Sled_Dog
15th February 2006, 20:09
Tried xmen with menu thing off, comes in at 4.3.
elizerrojas
15th February 2006, 20:19
quote."Come on... come out an play!!!"

no, for making me look bad, i'm taking the ball so nobody can play and i'm telling my momi. LOL.