Bdrb vs dvdfab

[longtom]

Anyone experience in the quality of videocompression between bdrb and dvdfab for bd?

What is dvdfab using?

[jdobbs]

Please refrain from this type of discussion. It can go nowhere other than an rule 12 violation.

[Darksoul71]

@jdobbs:
I think this is a valid question...currently I see not reason for rule 12 violation unless someone asks / answers what is "best". ;)

@longtom:
It has been a while since I played around with BD-RB but since I bought DVDFabs BD Ripper, I gathered some experiences with the quality it produces. For many BDs I shrinked with DVDFab, I could hardly tell a difference in 1080p between the copy and the original. Even when using CUDA-based de-/encoding.

For testing purposes I played back both the uncompressed BD dump as well as the shrinked MKV on my HTPC via HDMI on my 32" Bravia TV.

But this was only as long as the bitrate was high enough. Unfortunately DVDFab currently does not support CRF-based encoding but only 1 pass / 2 pass bitrate based encodings. This leads to a typical issue: Videos are either too big (in the meaning that being encoded CRF-based they would be much smaller while looking as good as in bitrate-based encoding) or videos are "too small" (in the meaning that the video does not have enough bitrate for complex scenes and shows image degration).

Based on the quality to size ratio I have fully moved away from size-based BD backups and only do CRF-based encodings (either with Handbrake or a crude DIY AutoIt-script which launches ffmpeg).

The "best" way for you is to judge yourself by simply downloading DVDFab (they do have a test version, yes :)) and compare an identical movie encoded by BD-RB and DVDFab as well.

Just my cents,
D$

[jdobbs]

:rolleyes: And your answer just proved I was right. The intent of that rule is to prevent bickering about this nonsense and comparing packages, not literally using the word "best". It is up to each person to decide for themselves which is best and to use whatever they decide. Now you've added violations of rules 16 and 17 to this discussion. Thread closed.

BTW, target based encoding is the only option if you are trying to store on a fixed size media like DVD or BD... the OP clearly said "for BD".