AutoGk, Audio settings > Constant Bitrate or Variable

[SpHeRe77]

Hi,

I'm new to AutoGK and after reading various guides and FAqs I still have some questions that you hopefully can help me with.

I have been told and read a few places its better to have a 'Constant Bit Rate' rather than the 'Variable Bit Rate' as the VBR can cause sync errors when you are processing is this true or does it not matter?

I have read the AutoGK guide and I know that if you select 700mb , AutoGK [audio auto] does a kinda ABR for a 1cd encode, and AC3 audio for 2CD. On digital digest they have a guide that if I quote it correctly says: ''AC3 does not offer the best quality versus file size ratio, so using VBR MP3 at 128 kbps for 1 CD movies and 160 kbps for 2 CD movies is the recommended setting.'' Is this what I should be trying to achieve with my first attempts.

One more question, Would any of you ever recommend ever going above 128 vbr for 1cd?

Thanks,

sphere

[BigDid]

... I have read the AutoGK guide and I know that if you select 700mb , AutoGK [audio auto] does a kinda ABR and for a 1cd encode it uses Ac3 audio,
Hi and welcome to the forum,

Using ac3 audio for 1cd is incorrect; see FAQ 2.3 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=72679 :
How is first audio encoded in Auto mode?
- it's VBR 128Kbps if target size is 700Mb or less, in all others cases it's original AC3/DTS/MPA track.
VBR 128 is for MP3-ABR +-128
AC3 will always be CBR and will not be re-encoded by AGK

One more question, Would any of you ever recommend ever going above 128 vbr for 1cd?
Yes if your final avi is undersized; else it is a matter of taste more video or more audio (quality mean).

Did