BDRB fastest 1 pass w/approx output size?

[MilesAhead]

I'm a bit confused by the options. I'm new to BD Rebuilder. If I unzip the latest beta and run it only setting source and dest folders, it seems to work as expected. I get 2 pass mode and the output size fits on a DVD5. But when I try to do anything with .mkv output, no matter what settings I use, I seem to get a .mkv output file that's about 2/3 the size of the largest .m2ts input file.

Can you tell me good settings to tweak to keep it 1 pass, but control the size. The output size doesn't have to be exact. If I could get a result somewhere between 7 and 10 GB that would be fine. I use a set top box and would just like to be able to fit a few more files on the USB drive.

[jdobbs]

I'm a bit confused by the options. I'm new to BD Rebuilder. If I unzip the latest beta and run it only setting source and dest folders, it seems to work as expected. I get 2 pass mode and the output size fits on a DVD5. But when I try to do anything with .mkv output, no matter what settings I use, I seem to get a .mkv output file that's about 2/3 the size of the largest .m2ts input file.

Can you tell me good settings to tweak to keep it 1 pass, but control the size. The output size doesn't have to be exact. If I could get a result somewhere between 7 and 10 GB that would be fine. I use a set top box and would just like to be able to fit a few more files on the USB drive. I assume you are using ALTERNATE output mode. You can adjust the quality-to-size setting. For example, you could add this to your BDREBUILDER.INI file:

ALTCRF=25

A higher value lowers output size while decreasing quality. A lower value increases size while increasing quality. Here is a description from the HIDDENOPTS.TXT file:

ALTCRF=n
n = 0-50 - CRF value to use for Alternate Movie-Only encodes (default=20)

[MilesAhead]

Thanks for the info. :)