rb pro and tv series -- settings question

[matva]

ok, first off, i did search the forums for about 10 mins at which point i gave up (didnt find an answer).

i am doing a backup of 24 season 2. using dvdremake, i am able to strip a good bit of the disk out including deleted scenes + do menu edits so i don't access what is not there.

the average bitrate is ~3,000 which is pretty good for a tv series i think.
i'm using cce 2.7 and 6passes. my question is with regards to vbr_bias. i read in the rb help files that vbr_bias should be set according to the length of the film. how does this apply with tv series where the total video length is very long but the length of each individual title set is short. what is an advisable vbr_bias + qual prec considering 24 has some quite a bit of high motion/action scenes. should vbr_bias be set low like @ 18?

also, i am considering using an undot() filter but not sure if it is a good idea considering the source is high quality.

time is really no issue as i do encoding over night.

[TBL]

also, i am considering using an undot() filter but not sure if it is a good idea considering the source is high quality.

Basic rule is that you shouldn't need to use filters on HQ source, but everyone has different opinions what is a "good quality" picture. Therefore you can use this script to test out filters before encoding.

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DVD-RB\DGDecode.dll")
source=mpeg2source("C:\TEMP\D2VAVS\V02.D2V",idct=7)
left=source.script1()
right=source.script2()
width=left.width()/2
height=left.height()
left=crop(left,0,0,width,height).addborders(0,0,2,0,$0000FF).crop(2,0,-0,-0)
right=crop(right,width,0,width,height).addborders(2,0,0,0,$0000FF).crop(0,0,-2,-0)
StackHorizontal(left.subtitle("Script1"),right.subtitle("Script2"))
function script1(clip c) {
c
#----- ENTER CODE OF SCRIPT ONE HERE -----
#----- END OF CODE OF SCRIPT ONE-----
}
function script2(clip c) {
c
#----- ENTER CODE OF SCRIPT TWO HERE -----
Lremovedust(17,1)
#----- END OF CODE OF SCRIPT TWO-----
}

Thanks to techreactor from DVForums for the original script!

Remember to change the source line to DVD-RB working directory and the first line to your DVD-RB installation directory. Save as .avs file and play with Mediaplayer Classic (run prepare phase first). Change filters you want to test to script2 code section. This will compare your source with the filtered source and play it.