I need help with vob's to h264 avc

[stinman]

I am not new here but I have always found my answers from the search.This is a great site.I want to produce quality back ups.So far the H264 is the best with smaller file size than the 4&5 gb's from the dvd rips.I have been using the ripbot264.I am new to this tool.I have a 9600 Phenom Quad core processor,It gets a bit hot when using Ripbot264.It runs about a 1.5 hour for a movie.1) What does CQ 22 stand for?Should I always leave it there? I have so far for 3 movies.I use the aac 1.5 192 and the 256 for sound.My last movie was AV Requime and the dark areas were not very good.I used level 3.0 custom 720/480 do not resize.These will be played on a Samsung 46 or lg 47,and sometimes my lg 22" pc monitor.I want to keep quality at about 2gb's and under.This can be done with the h264 avc,right?I have read about MEgui,but not tried it.I would sure appreciate someone to jump in and give me some advice on the settings to use.I have copied some peoples avisynth scripts that I have seen here but have not implemented them.I have pretty good understanding of how to do things,I can follow directions.The wiki page has been removed for ripbot264.Where are other instructions?Thanks,for a great place to learn!I have to many ?'s for 1 post.

Mark

[jeffy]

http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/RipBot264_PS3_Xbox_360_Guide_page2.html:
The higher the CRF, the lower the file size/quality.

A CRF of 18 will give you almost lossless quality (100% quality),
while a CRF of "22" (default) will look quite good indeed.

The only problem with using this is that the file size is not predictable,
as the encoding is based on a quality factor,
not a file size factor.

MeGUI:
http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/MeGUI_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page1.html
http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings

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