collector83
16th November 2008, 20:15
My current setup is GK v0.35 and Xvid v1.0.3 (the version that comes with the codec pack). I'm a newbie at encoding, but I have had previous success using my current setup, encoding several 45 minute tv programs at 1/2 CD and always getting the correct file size on a 2-pass encode.
Now, I'm trying my first really long movie. The movie is nearly 270 minutes in length. I'm asking it for 2 CDs (1400 MB) and getting pretty close, but the bitrate is screwed up. For the first 30 minutes or so, the bitrate is extremely high. I took a sample from CD1 and Gspot said it had a bitrate of 3671 kbps. Of course, after the first half hour or so there's no space left for a decent looking bitrate and so the rest of the movie looks terrible. A sample from CD2 has a bitrate of only 214 kbps.
The movie itself is kind of a low budget homemade effort with distorted audio, and there is a chance that it was shrunk from DVD9 to fit on DVD5, would that confuse Xvid somehow? I kept all the files from my most recent attempt so I can post a log or anything else that would help.
Now, I'm trying my first really long movie. The movie is nearly 270 minutes in length. I'm asking it for 2 CDs (1400 MB) and getting pretty close, but the bitrate is screwed up. For the first 30 minutes or so, the bitrate is extremely high. I took a sample from CD1 and Gspot said it had a bitrate of 3671 kbps. Of course, after the first half hour or so there's no space left for a decent looking bitrate and so the rest of the movie looks terrible. A sample from CD2 has a bitrate of only 214 kbps.
The movie itself is kind of a low budget homemade effort with distorted audio, and there is a chance that it was shrunk from DVD9 to fit on DVD5, would that confuse Xvid somehow? I kept all the files from my most recent attempt so I can post a log or anything else that would help.