Imported MKV files re-encoding although plenty of room...

[Lathe]

This is about BDRB; I didn't know quite where to post this...

I first used your excellent 'Import' function yesterday by importing 3 Blu-ray folders and having it create a nice, simple menu. It worked great!

However, today I thought that instead of taking the time to put the MKV files into a BDMV format using TSMuxer first, I would try just importing the 3 MKV files and allow BDRB to do that itself. Well, for some odd reason, even though the three movies altogether only come to about 20 Gigs, and I have the 'Output Size' set at BD-25 AND I even added 'FORCE_NOENCODE=1' to the config file when I saw that it was starting to re-encode the first movie, and STILL it is re-encoding the movies. I even set the Output Size to BD-50, and it is still re-encoding...

It seems pretty direct and simple; is there something that I am missing here...?

Thank you! An EXCELLENT feature too, BTW :)

[Sharc]

@Lathe
I assume BD-RB has to re-enocde your .mkv for other reasons than just space, like adding top and bottom borders to your .mkv for blu-ray compliance, etc etc.
In this case the FORCE_NOENCODE=1 is overruled.

[Guest]

@Lathe
I assume BD-RB has to re-enocde your .mkv for other reasons than just space, like adding top and bottom borders to your .mkv for blu-ray compliance, etc etc.
In this case the FORCE_NOENCODE=1 is overruled. I was wondering about that too. Lathe, where did you get these MKV files?

[Lathe]

@Lathe
I assume BD-RB has to re-enocde your .mkv for other reasons than just space, like adding top and bottom borders to your .mkv for blu-ray compliance, etc etc.
In this case the FORCE_NOENCODE=1 is overruled.

Thank you gentlemen; you are quite right. A while ago, a friend of mine had helped me to back up some of my Blu-rays before I understood even what little I do now :) So, when I come across these occasionally, I see that he has, as Shac mentioned above, ripped out the black bars.

My humble apologies; I should have thought of that. I will just have to re-back up my discs PROPERLY now that I know how.

Thanks kindly for your replies which reminded me why this was happening.

Oh, and additionally, one thing that had fooled me was that I had checked the AR of these MKV files and it was 1440x1080, and I had THOUGHT that I had read that that was a completely official and compliant 4x3 AR for Blu-ray...??? Perhaps I was wrong, or BDRB is a bit stricter about that.

Thanks again!

[Sharc]

1440x1080 4:3 is perfectly blu-ray compliant, but I doubt very much that your .mkv source with stripped off borders have a vertical resolution of 1080.
Anyway, luckily you still have the originals as you mention ....

[jdobbs]

It seems pretty direct and simple; is there something that I am missing here...?
If you don't want the source to be encoded when converting to MKV, you just have to select "MKV, Intact Video, Intact Audio" as the alternate output selection.

[Lathe]

If you don't want the source to be encoded when converting to MKV, you just have to select "MKV, Intact Video, Intact Audio" as the alternate output selection.

Thanks guys; I really appreciate your answers!