KDVD, Mediastudio and MainConcept?

[rogue203]

Anyone have any luck setting the user quantization correctly using the MainConcept MPEG Encoder (especially through Mediastudio Pro)?

I was able to set the non-intra-block matrix correctly, but the intra-block matrix looks like this (note the 16's):

8 16 16 22 26 27 29 34
16 16 16 26 27 29 34 37
16 16 18 27 29 34 37 38
22 26 27 31 36 37 38 40
26 27 29 36 39 38 40 48
27 29 34 37 38 40 48 58
29 34 37 38 40 48 58 69
34 37 38 40 48 58 69 79

I can't seem to get this setup right but I'm not sure that it makes that much of a difference. Any thoughts, comments or tips would be great.

[kwag]

Hi rogue203,

Welcome
It could be that the encoder is forcing the low frequency components of the matrix to a minimum value of 16. Maybe it doesn't like the "Notch" pattern on the KVCD matrix


-kwag

[rogue203]

Thanks kwag, that's what I thought.

I don't know enough about the quantization settings to know if I'm asking a stupid question but do you think the differences between the kvcd template and the one that the MainConcept MPEG encoder will let me set should be significant?

I like the results through TMPGEnc but I've got a lot of encoding to do and the MainConcept encoder is about twice as fast (sometimes faster).

[kwag]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue203

but do you think the differences between the kvcd template and the one that the MainConcept MPEG encoder will let me set should be significant?

The difference should be huge, specially on low lit and dark scenes

-kwag

[rogue203]

Thanks kwag, that's what I thought. Of course I had to try it anyway....