vortex72
1st July 2002, 02:41
I have been playing with DVD2SVCD for a month now.
I've ripped approximately 8 dvd's so far. I'm the type of person who thinks 3 discs for a movie is excessive unless its a 160min plus movie so I try to fit all mine on 2svcds. I've ripped several longer movies such as Aliens(Directors cut), Goodfellas, Braveheart, Ali, The Majestic, and Gladiator. I've used both the latest Tmpeg and cinemacraft 2.5 when encoding. I've also played with the sharpening filter, image quality, and noise control settings.
I've read on this forum that cinecraft encoder is supposed to be the best but I've ripped 3 very long movies now on 2 svcds- The Majestic, Ali, and Goodfellas. (i did braveheart and gladiator on 3)
I did Goodfellas with cinecraft encoder on 3 pass VBR with image quality at 25 and noise control and sharpening on medium settings(sorry dont remember exact numbers but they were equal to or slightly less that those recommended here) These movies are all in 145-157min range. Goodfellas looked ok but not as smoothe and clear as Ali and The Majestic (Ali with ALOT of motion intense sequences too) For Goodfellas I used cinecraft settings as stated above (3pass vbr, sharpening, 25image quality, noise filter) For Ali and The Majestic I used Tmpeg Constant Quality with mainly default settings EXCEPT I used the very low bitrate matrix. I'm surprised that these would look better than goodfellas with these settings according to what I've read here but they do. The lower bitrate scenes are smoother and there seems to be less "noise" around the borders of characters. Also the CQ on tmpeg seems to intelligently allocate the bitrate as good or better than 3 pass VBR from cinecraft. I tested this by watching the scenes with power dvd with a running bitrate displayed.
Of course these results are amateurish at best, since i didnt do the same movie with different encoders but I was just interested in any feedback you guys might have here or suggestions for other settings like temporal smoothing etc. So far what I've found is that if I need to fit a 140min or longer movie on 2cd's, TMPG with the low bitrate matrix enabled is by far the best choice. Of course, on my TV, these rips all look good to me, but on my monitor I can tell the difference.
Thanks in advance for any input
I've ripped approximately 8 dvd's so far. I'm the type of person who thinks 3 discs for a movie is excessive unless its a 160min plus movie so I try to fit all mine on 2svcds. I've ripped several longer movies such as Aliens(Directors cut), Goodfellas, Braveheart, Ali, The Majestic, and Gladiator. I've used both the latest Tmpeg and cinemacraft 2.5 when encoding. I've also played with the sharpening filter, image quality, and noise control settings.
I've read on this forum that cinecraft encoder is supposed to be the best but I've ripped 3 very long movies now on 2 svcds- The Majestic, Ali, and Goodfellas. (i did braveheart and gladiator on 3)
I did Goodfellas with cinecraft encoder on 3 pass VBR with image quality at 25 and noise control and sharpening on medium settings(sorry dont remember exact numbers but they were equal to or slightly less that those recommended here) These movies are all in 145-157min range. Goodfellas looked ok but not as smoothe and clear as Ali and The Majestic (Ali with ALOT of motion intense sequences too) For Goodfellas I used cinecraft settings as stated above (3pass vbr, sharpening, 25image quality, noise filter) For Ali and The Majestic I used Tmpeg Constant Quality with mainly default settings EXCEPT I used the very low bitrate matrix. I'm surprised that these would look better than goodfellas with these settings according to what I've read here but they do. The lower bitrate scenes are smoother and there seems to be less "noise" around the borders of characters. Also the CQ on tmpeg seems to intelligently allocate the bitrate as good or better than 3 pass VBR from cinecraft. I tested this by watching the scenes with power dvd with a running bitrate displayed.
Of course these results are amateurish at best, since i didnt do the same movie with different encoders but I was just interested in any feedback you guys might have here or suggestions for other settings like temporal smoothing etc. So far what I've found is that if I need to fit a 140min or longer movie on 2cd's, TMPG with the low bitrate matrix enabled is by far the best choice. Of course, on my TV, these rips all look good to me, but on my monitor I can tell the difference.
Thanks in advance for any input