two pass compressibility test?

[greatguns]

hi

i have been using Gknot to encode movies into Xvid. the ones which use 2 CD's come out just fine just like the compressibility test point out.

but when it comes to getting the output in 1 CD the compressibility test goes haywire and the quality come out like crap.

is there anyway i can use the compressibility test in two pass mode so that the end result is more predictable?

i tried using the codec button before the start of the compressibility test and selected two pass 1-pass but once i go back and try seeing the settings again, it reverts to single pass mode..... :rolleyes:

can anyone help me?

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

Please post your log file from one of the 1-CD encodings. Its such a common request, we have a smiley for it:

:logfile:

[greatguns]

wow, you guys reply fast!!!

anyway the here's the log file

6/19/2005 9:41:18 PM: Job "Day After - I Robot.avi" started.

o Transcode source -> MP3: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
o Xvid - First Pass: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs
o Xvid - Second Pass: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs
o Mux Audio.
End of Job 2 (Day After - I Robot.avi).
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Gordian Knot
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncXvid_All
Container: Audio-Video Interleave (AVI)
Number: 2
Name: Day After - I Robot.avi
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avi
AviMovie: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Movie.avi
AviCredits: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Credits.avi
MovieFS: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.log
Stats: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.stats
Ecf : H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 152210
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 632060 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 78468 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 6271 kbyte.
AviSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 773 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 160543
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 151:36
Quality: 0.185 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.378 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 272

Audio 1:
Mode: ac3 -> mp3
SourceFile: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
WavFile: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav
Mp3File: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
OggFile: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ogg
OggQuality: 0.200
OggLanguage: English
Azid: -c normal
Lame: -h --abr 96
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


9:41:18 PM: Started Transcoding Audio.

9:41:18 PM: Using "BeSweet" to transcode H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
CommandLine: "D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3" -logfile "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.log" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -c normal ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -lame( -h --abr 96 )
10:00:23 PM: Finished. Duration: 19 minutes, 5 seconds.

10:00:23 PM: Audio Done.
10:00:23 PM: MP3-File-Size is 73690 kb.
10:00:23 PM: Audio 1, determined: 73690 kb
10:00:23 PM: Audio 1, calc: 78468 kb
10:00:23 PM: New Bitrate for Movie = 779 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "XviD First Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x64697678,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(3012,"AQAAALwCAACQsggASDpcRFZEXFByb2plY3RzXEkgUm9ib3RcSSBSb2JvdC5zdGF0cwBvAGIAbwB0AFwASQAgAFIAbwBiAG8AdAAuAHMAdABhAHQAcwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkAEAAEFTIEAgTDUAIABMADUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADQAAAAAAAAAIERITFRcZGxESExUXGRscFBUWFxgaHB4VFhcYGhweIBYXGBocHiAjFxgaHB4gIyYZGhweICMmKRscHiAjJiktEBESExQVFhcREhMUFRYXGBITFBUWFxgZExQVFhcYGhsUFRYXGRobHBUWFxgaGxweFhcYGhscHh8XGBkbHB4fIQAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAIAAACWAAAAZAAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAQAAAADAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGQAAAD0AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAklICAAAAAAABAAAAZAAAANAHAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAABkAAAAZAAAAAEAAAAKAAAAAQAAABQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAFAAAABQAAAAAoCgAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAeAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAsAQAAAAAAAAEAAAAfAAAAAQAAAB8AAAABAAAAHwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAD3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

10:00:23 PM: Started Xvid - First Pass: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs
11:18:03 PM: Finished Xvid - First Pass: Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 40 seconds.
11:18:03 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
11:18:03 PM: Success: Log-file open.
11:18:03 PM: Encoded: 160537 Frames.
11:18:03 PM: Speed: 34.450 Frames per Second.
11:18:03 PM: New target size = 636838 Kb

Adding this script to D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "XviD Second Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x64697678,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(3012,"AgAAAAUDAACmtwkASDpcRFZEXFByb2plY3RzXEkgUm9ib3RcSSBSb2JvdC5zdGF0cwBvAGIAbwB0AFwASQAgAFIAbwBiAG8AdAAuAHMAdABhAHQAcwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkAEAAEFTIEAgTDUAIABMADUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADQAAAAAAAAAIERITFRcZGxESExUXGRscFBUWFxgaHB4VFhcYGhweIBYXGBocHiAjFxgaHB4gIyYZGhweICMmKRscHiAjJiktEBESExQVFhcREhMUFRYXGBITFBUWFxgZExQVFhcYGhsUFRYXGRobHBUWFxgaGxweFhcYGhscHh8XGBkbHB4fIQAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAIAAACWAAAAZAAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAQAAAADAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGQAAAD0AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAklICAAAAAAABAAAAZAAAANAHAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAABkAAAAZAAAAAEAAAAKAAAAAQAAABQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAFAAAABQAAAADwCgAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAA0AAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAQAAAGAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAsAQAAAAAAAAEAAAAfAAAAAQAAAB8AAAABAAAAHwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAD3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

11:18:04 PM: Started Xvid - Second Pass: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avs
1:36:12 AM: Finished Xvid - Second Pass: Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 8 seconds.
1:36:12 AM: Speed: 19.370 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5 Append"
// $input "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Movie.avi"
// $output "H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot_Movie.avi",0,0);
VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3",0x00000202,1);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD\\Projects\\I Robot\\I Robot.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:36:13 AM: Started Muxing Audio.: H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot_Movie.avi
1:37:02 AM: Finished Muxing Audio.: Duration: 49 seconds.

1:37:03 AM: Done.
1:37:03 AM: Movie = H:\DVD\Projects\I Robot\I Robot.avi
Total Encoding Time: 3 hours, 55 minutes, 45 seconds.
6/20/2005 1:37:03 AM: Job "Day After - I Robot.avi" finished.
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but i doubt you will find the answer to my question in this, because the log of the compressibility test is not shown in this, no idea why.

i just want to know why the compressibility test always does only one pass encoding to determine the quality. And if there is way to do compressibility test in two pass mode.

[manono]

Hi-

And if there is way to do compressibility test in two pass mode.

No, you could run 10 passes of compress tests and the result would still be the same.

What result did it give you for I, Robot? And what was the problem with the compress test result vs the final quality of the I, Robot AVI? Did they somehow disagree, the compress test result and the perceived quality of the AVI?

[greatguns]

the compressibility test gave a quality % of 29.8 at a resolution of 640 X 272. but the end result was not that bad, maybe SVCD kida quality.

No, you could run 10 passes of compress tests and the result would still be the same.
any reason for that? i mean i always figured more the number of passes better would be the quality. by passes i meant the passes of the Xvid Codec. just curious :D

[manono]

Yes, the compress test is run at a constant quant of 2. You can't improve on that, and multiple passes will give the same result.

I'm not surprised at the compress test result, as that movie is bright and action packed, and fairly long for 1 CD at that resolution. I am a bit surprised that the AVI is watchable. You might run it through DRF Analyzer (http://www.geocities.com/analyzerDRF/) and check out the quants. And you might pause it at various places where there's any action at all and check for lack of detail, macroblocking, mosquito noise, blotchy colors, and color smearing.

[greatguns]

finally got all the settings.....the movie looks great.

had to compromise on the audio quality though MP3 Abr@92kbps.

Thx for all the help :D