DVDRB/CCE settings you've used with Anime

[Alacard]

I am going to be backing up Anime DVD's with DVDRB and I was wondering if anyone could let me know your experiences with different VBR_Bias and Quality Prec CCE settings. I've backed up quite a few with VBR Bias=25 & Quality Prec=16, and the results have been pretty good. Just curious if any of you have found settings that have worked better for you. In searching this forum I read posts where people were discussing an "animation setting" in CCE. I'm not a very advanced CCE user, so not sure how to use that. The settings in DVDRB are the only ones I'm familiar with. Also... I'm using CCE 2.50 and DVDRB Pro 0.91.

I'm not looking for the "perfect" settings. I know that varies from title to title, but would like to know what settings you've used that you have found to be good for the anime that you've backed up. If you have certain settings you use for older anime (70's and 80's), and settings you use for newer titles (late 90's to current)... that would be even better.

BTW, I'm talking about DVD to DVD backups. Not divx files(etc..) to DVD.

[Fishman0919]

Try QMatOp, you can get it HERE (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92810) ... it will auto optimize both VBR_Bias and Quality Prec and optimize a matrix for each cell of the movie you are encoding... there is an Anime setting for Anime movie.

[Alacard]

Thanks for the link. I will try that out.

I'm also still interested in finding out what CCE settings some of you have used (and liked) for anime.

[onesoul]

@ Alacard

Try the settings I suggest here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=648816#post648816).
with Bias=40. Tell if it does it for you.

[Alacard]

onesoul, I tried the Bias=40 setting with a movie that I currently have a 3 pass build of sitting on my hard drive.(so i could compare) After comparing both, I can't really tell much of a difference. It may be that this movie wasn't a good one to try the new setting on. I might try it again with another movie tonight.

[onesoul]

@ Alacard

At first impression, if you can't notice differences, that is a good sign, it means bias=40 didn't screw up :)

But seriously, try finding for example fading scenes, sequences where it has a few objects against flat back, scene changes, ... Maybe then you'll notice differences ;)

[Alacard]

Ok... I'll look at it some more. Thanks for your help with this.