Kent Wang
12th June 2003, 13:55
Before one can tune audio encode settings one has to figure out how much space to allot to the soundtrack. One doesn't want a near-perfect soundtrack with a shitty video stream, nor vice-versa, so a good ratio has to be found.
There a whole lot of variables, but let's assume Vorbis for the audio and Xvid for the video. One should also consider the scenarios for both 1CD and 2CD rips. I usually encode movies shorter than 2:10 for one CD and anything longer to 2 CD's. Of course, this changes wildly depending on the comp test. But for the 1CD scenario, lets assume a video stream where you can get a resolution of 448x288 with Bits/(Pixel*Frame)% of around 60%. For the 2CD scenario, assume a resolution of 576x368 at 65%.
What kind of video:audio ratio would you use for each of these scenarios? I've heard 600:100 for 1CD; that seems incredibly simple yet surprisingly accurate in my opinion.
There a whole lot of variables, but let's assume Vorbis for the audio and Xvid for the video. One should also consider the scenarios for both 1CD and 2CD rips. I usually encode movies shorter than 2:10 for one CD and anything longer to 2 CD's. Of course, this changes wildly depending on the comp test. But for the 1CD scenario, lets assume a video stream where you can get a resolution of 448x288 with Bits/(Pixel*Frame)% of around 60%. For the 2CD scenario, assume a resolution of 576x368 at 65%.
What kind of video:audio ratio would you use for each of these scenarios? I've heard 600:100 for 1CD; that seems incredibly simple yet surprisingly accurate in my opinion.