calyx
12th September 2004, 02:30
I've read through a ton of posts already, and just wanted to see if anyone had any opinions on what filters would be useful in compressing a larger movie onto a DVD-5.
All I'm concerned with in the main movie, I already strip all menus, extra audio, and even additional subtitles (hey, every Mb counts :) ), in order to provide more space for a higher avg. bitrate, and hopefully better quality video.
I've been using CCE SP 2.76 for my encodes, depending on the movie and how I'm feeling at the moment, and as long as its under 6Gb, I use 1-pass VBR. Anything over 6Gb and I do at least 2-3 passes - even though OPV in this case may still do a fine job, I'd rather ensure a more accurate file size that actually uses all of the space available.
But once you get into larger/longer movies, ie LOTR: Rot, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface, etc, I wouldn't mind doing some light filtering to increase the space available for a higher bitrate, which in itself should improve quality.
So far all I have tried are deen(), undot(),and asharp(1,2). My first attempt was using these filters with OPV, and of course my file size came out 1gb too small. Looked good though :)
My only other attempt with those filters was with multi-pass, and the end product came out looking rather nice, but I haven't actually encoded that same movie without filters, so I don't have a comparison. It looks good compared to the original though.
I also saw mentioned in another thread in the avisynth usage forum that using the following filter
mergechroma(blur(1.3)
would help in encoding size and wouldn't hurt the quality, and in some cases would actually improve quality. I'm gonna give that a shot later on this evening.
If anyone feels like commenting on these filters and my use of them, or has another recommendation to try, I'd appreciate it.
I'm really only looking for filters that would be used on dvd rips, not from any other source. And not anime, I've seen enough on that. Episodic cartoon discs such as the Simpsons and Family Guy are about the only thing I rip besides regular movies.
And remember, I'm not as interested in cleaning up the video itself, as I am at preserving the quality that is already there by making more space for a higher bitrate.
Wow, long post. Thx for taking the time to read it :D
thx,
calyx
All I'm concerned with in the main movie, I already strip all menus, extra audio, and even additional subtitles (hey, every Mb counts :) ), in order to provide more space for a higher avg. bitrate, and hopefully better quality video.
I've been using CCE SP 2.76 for my encodes, depending on the movie and how I'm feeling at the moment, and as long as its under 6Gb, I use 1-pass VBR. Anything over 6Gb and I do at least 2-3 passes - even though OPV in this case may still do a fine job, I'd rather ensure a more accurate file size that actually uses all of the space available.
But once you get into larger/longer movies, ie LOTR: Rot, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface, etc, I wouldn't mind doing some light filtering to increase the space available for a higher bitrate, which in itself should improve quality.
So far all I have tried are deen(), undot(),and asharp(1,2). My first attempt was using these filters with OPV, and of course my file size came out 1gb too small. Looked good though :)
My only other attempt with those filters was with multi-pass, and the end product came out looking rather nice, but I haven't actually encoded that same movie without filters, so I don't have a comparison. It looks good compared to the original though.
I also saw mentioned in another thread in the avisynth usage forum that using the following filter
mergechroma(blur(1.3)
would help in encoding size and wouldn't hurt the quality, and in some cases would actually improve quality. I'm gonna give that a shot later on this evening.
If anyone feels like commenting on these filters and my use of them, or has another recommendation to try, I'd appreciate it.
I'm really only looking for filters that would be used on dvd rips, not from any other source. And not anime, I've seen enough on that. Episodic cartoon discs such as the Simpsons and Family Guy are about the only thing I rip besides regular movies.
And remember, I'm not as interested in cleaning up the video itself, as I am at preserving the quality that is already there by making more space for a higher bitrate.
Wow, long post. Thx for taking the time to read it :D
thx,
calyx