BD-RB Fast Mode for BD25

[hotrodbob1976]

So I just started using this software and am extremely impressed with its ease of use and capability. Currently I am converting my HD DVD collection to BR. I am ripping to HD, creating BR ISO, then running BD-RB to shrink to BD25 for the disks that need it. My question pertains to the Fast Mode for BD25. I have been using this with an average encode of about 3-4 hours. I see it only uses single pass but the results have been flawless. Can I expect this to continue since I am only removing at most a few gigs of data to fit on a BD-R? I did Troy last night keeping the TrueHD audio and all and it was outstanding, I could notice no difference from the original source. Am I missing out on anything by not going the multipass and High Quality setting route which takes more like 20+ hours on my E6550 Dual Core with only 2 gigs of DDR 800? BTW I am using 2 drives, one for source ISO and one for workfiles.

[setarip_old]

@hotrodbob1976

Hi! I did Troy last night keeping the TrueHD audio and all and it was outstanding, I could notice no difference from the original source. Am I missing out on anything by not going the multipass and High Quality setting route which takes more like 20+ hours on my E6550 Dual Core with only 2 gigs of DDR 800?Hard to see how you could improve on your stated results ;>}

[hotrodbob1976]

@hotrodbob1976

Hi! Hard to see how you could improve on your stated results ;>}

I know right. Just want to make sure I can expect this type of reliability as I go forward with my rips. I am very impressed with what I see so far. If there is anything better I could be doing I welcome the advice as I am new to the encoding game. Of course I could go get a X6-1100T and get it done in 45 minutes instead of 3-4 hours.

[jwjohnson]

I'm not sure why you rip to an iso instead of a hard drive folder, but if it's working for you that's great. I use the fast mode for BD-25's as well and have noticed no quality issues at all. I did switch back to 2 pass encoding. It doesn't take much longer and the sizing seems more accurate.

[jdobbs]

When going to BD-25 in movie-only mode, you'll find that the fastest mode is more than sufficient in almost all cases. The exception might be a really long movie (3+ hours).

[hotrodbob1976]

I'm not sure why you rip to an iso instead of a hard drive folder, but if it's working for you that's great. I use the fast mode for BD-25's as well and have noticed no quality issues at all. I did switch back to 2 pass encoding. It doesn't take much longer and the sizing seems more accurate.

What do you mean by hard drive folder? Do you mean BDMV?

[hotrodbob1976]

What do you mean by hard drive folder? Do you mean BDMV?

Ok, got it, you can just go straight from the BDMV folder. Godd deal, one less step, which is always a plus.

[jdobbs]

Ok, got it, you can just go straight from the BDMV folder. Godd deal, one less step, which is always a plus.Copy both the BDMV and the CERTIFICATE folder. I put them into a new folder that is named after the disc. That way when you burn, IMGBURN will create the volume label based on the folder name. Then all you have to do is select the folder from within BD-RB.

[DVDIT]

I use auto setting for sizes up to 35GB. If the original disc is more than 35GB, I use the good option with two pass ABR.

[hotrodbob1976]

I use auto setting for sizes up to 35GB. If the original disc is more than 35GB, I use the good option with two pass ABR.

With my system the good and 2 pass option would take over 8-10 hours, maybe more. I have used those settings with Handbrake and have seen times up to 20 hours. So the fact I can see no difference using the fast option keeps me using that. I am very impressed with it. I think if I was looking to shrink the file much smaller then I would certainly go with 2 pass mode.

[jdobbs]

With my system the good and 2 pass option would take over 8-10 hours, maybe more. I have used those settings with Handbrake and have seen times up to 20 hours. So the fact I can see no difference using the fast option keeps me using that. I am very impressed with it. I think if I was looking to shrink the file much smaller then I would certainly go with 2 pass mode.Wow... that's really slow. With "fast" I'm doing 2-3 hours.

[DVDIT]

Same here. 2-3 hours with fast mode (1 pass). Two pass takes another 2 hours.

[hotrodbob1976]

Same here. 2-3 hours with fast mode (1 pass). Two pass takes another 2 hours.

Fast mode with BD-RB is 3-4 hours for me. With handbrake I was using target size, turbo first pass, and second pass. I left all the advanced settings as default and encodes would take my E6550 dual core with 2 gigs of DDR800 roughly 16 hours to complete. I am going to try this same setup with BD-RB but I expect it to take similar time since it uses the same encoder (x264).

[Rich86]

Caring more about quality audio/video than I do about how long it runs, I generally run in movie only mode retaining lossless audio with BD25 output to hard disc, but at the highest quality setting, causing a 2 pass run. These generally run 5 hours or so (high speed quad-core AMD, 8GB memory, source on a Sata3 drive with output on a separate Sata3 drive). I make good use of the "shut down when finished" option as I tend to fire this process up late in the evening and just walk away. I burn in a separate step using imgburn to a Lite-On BD burner.
The quality of the output is excellent (including the printing on the inkjet printable BD25 media).