Freeware version, and encoder settings (quenc)

[Lester Burnham]

Just a quick question regarding the freeware version, before I actually try an encode like this - if, say, I simply open quenc and set a couple of things in advanced options (ie Extreme & Slow, and reduced Process Piority) will rebuilder - at runtime - override anything I've previously set (ie I realise that rebuilder supplies some on-the-fly encoding settings during execution).

[manolito]

In QuEnc command line parameters always take precedence over settings specified in the GUI. All QuEnc options which you can specify in DVD-RB will override the settings you may have specified before from within QuEnc. All settings which cannot be specified in DVD-RB (like process priority) will stay as you set them in QuEnc.

QuEnc's Custom Quant Matrices are not supported by the free version of DVD-RB. You can only specify the standard matrix or the QLB matrix. Any other matrix you might have specified from within QuEnc will be overridden. (There is a workaround, but discussing it in this thread in the past got me a couple of unfriendly reactions, so you have to use the search button to find the workaround).

Cheers
manolito

[Lester Burnham]

Manolito - thanks for the reply.

Just trying it confirmed what you've written - both the options I was interested in - process priority and the extreme and slow encoding, I managed to save as defaults, by just opening quenc and setting them. And at run-time when spawned by DVD Rebuilder, these settings still persist.

[jdobbs]

Those settings aren't passed to QuEnc by DVD-RB on the command line -- so they won't be changed.

I'd really hesitate to use "Extreme and Slow" though.... it is exactly what it says.

[Lester Burnham]

Those settings aren't passed to QuEnc by DVD-RB on the command line -- so they won't be changed.

I'd really hesitate to use "Extreme and Slow" though.... it is exactly what it says.

Thing is, though, I want my backups to be as high quality, and as near to the original as possible.

The time it takes is worthwhile to me, it's like a background task.