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1st March 2007, 17:59 | #1 | Link |
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MPEG-4.2 vs MPEG-4.10 (H.264) at high bitrates
I've been encoding my movies in good quality because i'm hoping Apple TV will play anything iTunes will.
So far i've encoded all movies from DVD to H.264 (.mp4), with an app called MediaFork (and some with Handbrake). I set the size from 1.5gb to 2gb depending on length and amount of dark scenes. I've noticed that i need around 2500-3000kbps with H.264 to get results i'm happy with, because in dark scenes macroblocking is otherwise too obvious. My question is should i be ripping with regular MPEG-4 instead of H.264 because of the high bitrates/filesizes? Thanks |
1st March 2007, 19:36 | #2 | Link |
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the eternal question. what its the best??
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=110328 xvid or h264 for high bitrates? you can read a lot in that thread. In first time, you should use others tools for h264 enconder. X264 (encoder) and Megui (gui) are the best tools for video/audio encoder (in my point of view of course) and they are free. I have ripped a lot of DVD movies for Ipod 5.5G to 1500kbps and 640 res and the IQ are nearby to be perfect. Last edited by Theliel; 1st March 2007 at 19:38. |
1st March 2007, 21:55 | #4 | Link |
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x264 is available on Windows, Linux & Mac. Megui is just a GUI, which make it easier to use, that's all.
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2nd March 2007, 03:02 | #6 | Link |
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Mediafork/Handbrake uses x264 for its H.264 encoding. It combines the best encoding libraries from the OSS world and puts them under a nice, easy to use interface. As far as I can tell, it's the best tool for this sort of thing on OS X.
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2nd March 2007, 03:13 | #7 | Link |
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Yes, if you don't know how/don't want to control the encoding settings. For maximum control I recommend mencoder from the command line, output to raw video and then mux to MP4 with MP4Box. Then add your audio, I suggest compressed with QuickTime.
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3rd March 2007, 12:24 | #9 | Link |
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I would like to be able to control more stuff, but i don't wanna get into terminal stuff. Aren't there any apps like MediaFork with a GUI which have more settings to play with?
Btw, i gotta say i've never ever seen a 700mb (around 1000kbps) xvid or divx rip that would have been close to the quality i want. In scenes where there is alot of light these can look really good, but dark/black scenes always have macroblocking. If I could fix the dark scenes i could probably get away with 1500kbps (H.264). Is there a way to reduce the macroblocking in dark scenes? |
3rd March 2007, 13:27 | #10 | Link |
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with x264, try using a build with haali's adaptive quantization patch and specifying --aq-strength 0.3. I'm not aware of any mac build that includes this patch however, you might need to compile your own/ask someone to do it for you.
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