Encoding DVD in chapters,...

[Selur]

What would be the better way (1. or 2. ?)when I want to encode a dvd for streaming, but want a separate file for each chapter?

Preprocessing:
a. copy dvd to hdd
b. grab the chapter start times
c. bring the dvd in a format so that I can feed it to x264
(e.g. piping through mencoder or using avisynth)

1. encode each chapter separately (mencoder -chapter .. or avisynth trim(..))

2. encode the whole file at once (while forcing IDR-Frame at the Chapter start times using --qpfile and a generated file) and then split the file according to the chapters with mp4box

All suggestions are welcome :)

Cu Selur

[bond]

for streaming i would encode each chapter on its own for being able to influence the bitrate better

for quality i would encode the whole dvd and split it afterwards