wrong size of resulting movie

[ermannob]

Hi,
here's my bug report:

DVD RB: 0.45
Encoder: CCE SP 2.67.00.27
Using EclCCE: Yes, version 1.81
Bug: Movie is "Lost in Translation" region 2. I made a full backup (extras included, just removed some audio tracks with DVD RB) using the "half d1" option for extras. I tried two times and I got this: first time the resulting size was 200 MB bigger than DVD-R size. This night I got 200MB smaller.

No errors were noticed by DVD RB.
The movie is fully playable with PowerDVD and WinDVD.
DVDDecrypter 3.2.2.0 was used.

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[ermannob]

Sorry! I should have posted this inside the bug report thread, but I messed with the forum!
Should I repost inside the right thread?

[writersblock29]

@ermannob

When using an encoder such as CCE, your filesizes may vary slightly from encode to encode, depending on how CCE distributed the bitrate during each pass it made. You can get somewhat close to the full capacity of your DVDR by adding the line: CCETargetSectors=2260007 in your Rebuilder configuration file under [options]. Example:

[Options]
OneClick=0
CCE=0
CCETargetSectors=2260007
HalfExtras=0

Once you've done that, go to File/Save, so that your changes remain. I've set my target sectors much higher before, and came up with 4.36 Gigs... but it seems to depend on the project you're working on (I guess! There's still a bit of grey area on this...).

It should also be noted that the Half D1 option is still highly experimental, so you may wind up with the type of results you've posted from it. I beleive that resizing occurs within CCE (correct me if I'm mistaken, guys!) -- and even under ordinary circumstances with full DVD resolution -- there will be a variance of + - several MBs from encode to encode. Again, it just depends on the settings you use in CCE, the number of passes it does... ect. It's not as on-the-dime as a bitrate-reducing transcoding tool such as DVD Shrink will be; however, CCE yeilds higher quality at much smaller filesizes, making it worth a few MB's worth of sacrifice!

Oh! And also, if you disable the "One Click" option in DVD Rebuilder -- and allow Rebuilder to process your files -- then later remove an audio stream before encoding, this may also be where the problem lies.

Hope that gives you some ideas!