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Been looking through previous posts and I haven't quite figured out if I am using the right settings for CQMatic with the latest optimal script. I encoded three movies the past week and all have seem to be to large in file size on the first encode pass with CQMatic (X3 mode). The lastest one I did 'SantaClaus 2' came in ~35M too large (I even 'overcompensated using 160K audio rate even though I will use 128K).

Can anyone check if there is an error in my ways?

1. Using DVD2AVI ver 1.77.3 (Forced Film, usually cut out ending credits) create the .d2v file

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2. Encode at 480x480 (DVD player limitation) MPEG1 using optimal script. See Below:

## DLL Section ##
#
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\GripFit_YV12.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\STMedianFilter.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\asharp.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\unfilter.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\Filters25\undot.dll")
#
####
## Main section and static filters ###
#
Mpeg2Source("C:\Video\Work\santaclaus2.d2v")
#
undot()
Limiter()
asharp(1, 4)
BicubicResize(480, 366, 0, 0.6, 6, 0, 708, 480)
STMedianFilter(3, 3, 1, 1 )
MergeChroma(blur(1.5))
MergeLuma(blur(0.1))
#
#

## Linear Motion Adaptive Filtering ##
#
# ( Portions from AviSynth's manual )
# This will apply variable temporalsoften
# and variable blur.
# Both filters are active at all times, and work inversely proportional to the
# activity, measured from current frame to next frame.

ScriptClip(" nf = YDifferenceToNext()" +chr(13)+ "unfilter( -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)), -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)) ).TemporalSoften( fmin( round(2/nf), 6), round(1/nf) , round(3/nf) , 1, 1) ")

#
#
#

AddBorders(0, 57, 0, 57)
LetterBox(0, 0, 16, 16) # Depends on situation. Use MovieStacker!
Limiter()

#
#
## Functions ###

function fmin( int f1, int f2) {
return ( f1<f2 ) ? f1 : f2
}

#

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3. TMPGenc 2.520.54.163 - Motion Estimate Search, Min/Max Bitrate 300/2000, Detect Scene Change checked. Create .tpr file shown below:

object TMPEGEncodeJobFile
Job.MPEG.Text = 'CQMatic'
Job.MPEG.WizardCategoryName = ''
Job.MPEG.WizardSubFormatName = ''
Job.MPEG.WizardCaption = ''
Job.MPEG.WizardDescription = ''
Job.MPEG.WizardTargetMedia = MPEGConfig_TargetMediaType_Unknown
Job.MPEG.WizardAutoCalcVideoBitRate = False
Job.MPEG.WizardAutoChooseList.EnableVideoSize = False
Job.MPEG.WizardAutoChooseList.VideoSize = <
item
MinVideoBitRate = 0
Width = 240
Height = 480
VideoEncodeMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_VideoEncodeMode_Progressive_32Pul ldown
FrameRate = 1
AspectRatio = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1000000
Width = 352
Height = 480
VideoEncodeMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_VideoEncodeMode_Progressive_32Pul ldown
FrameRate = 1
AspectRatio = 2
end>
Job.MPEG.WizardAutoChooseList.EnableVideoGOP = False
Job.MPEG.WizardAutoChooseList.VideoGOP = <
item
MinVideoBitRate = 0
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 700000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 800000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 900000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1000000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1100000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 25
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1200000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 23
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1300000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 21
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1400000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 18
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1500000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 15
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1600000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 12
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1700000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 10
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1800000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 11
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 1900000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 10
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 2000000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 9
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 2100000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 8
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 2200000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 7
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 2300000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 6
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end
item
MinVideoBitRate = 2400000
GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
GOP_P_FrameCount = 5
GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
end>
Job.MPEG.OutputStreamType = MPEG_OutputStreamType_VideoOnly
Job.MPEG.OutputStreamType_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.StreamType = MPEGVideoEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1
Job.MPEG.Video.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.Width = 480
Job.MPEG.Video.Width_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.Height = 480
Job.MPEG.Video.Height_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.YUVFormat = 1
Job.MPEG.Video.YUVFormat_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.DC_prec = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.DC_prec_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_VideoEncodeMode_Progressive
Job.MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.FrameRate = 1
Job.MPEG.Video.FrameRate_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.AspectRatio = 12
Job.MPEG.Video.AspectRatio_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.RateControlMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_RateControlMode_CQ
Job.MPEG.Video.RateControlMode_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.MinBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MinBitRate_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.MinAvgBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MinAvgBitRate_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.CBR_BitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_MultipassVBRAlgorithm = MPEGVideoEncoder_MultipassVBRAlgorithm_MultipassCQ
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_AvgBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_MinBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxPassCount = 2
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_P = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_B = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.VBR_EnablePadding = False
Job.MPEG.Video.MVBR_MaxBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MVBR_MinBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_P = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_B = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.MVBR_EnablePadding = False
Job.MPEG.Video.AVBR_Quality = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.AVBR_MaxBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.AVBR_MinBitRate = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.AVBR_EnablePadding = True
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality = 66
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_P = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_B = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_MaxBitRate = 2000000
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_MinBitRate = 300000
Job.MPEG.Video.CQ_EnablePadding = True
Job.MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize = 40960
Job.MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval = 1
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount = 5823
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit = False
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount = 24
Job.MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount_ReadOnly = True
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.Profile = 4
Job.MPEG.Video.Profile_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.Level = 8
Job.MPEG.Video.Level_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.VideoFormat = 2
Job.MPEG.Video.VideoFormat_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.DisplayWidth = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.DisplayWidth_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.DisplayHeight = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.DisplayHeight_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Video.MotionSearchSpeed = MPEGVideoEncoder_MotionSearchSpeed_MotionEstimate
Job.MPEG.Video.MotionSearch_AlwaysHalfPel = True
Job.MPEG.Video.UseFloatDCT = True
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeMode = False
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_Intra = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_NonIntra = 0
Job.MPEG.Video.YUVBasicYCbCr = False
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra = {
08090C161A1B1D22090A0E1A1B1D22250C0E121B1D22252616 1A1B1F24252628
1A1B1D24272628301B1D22252628303A1D22252628303A4522 252628303A454F}
Job.MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra = {
10121416181A1C1E121416181A1C1E201416181A1C1E202216 181A1E20202224
181A1C20222224261A1C1E20222426281C1E202224262A2A1E 20222426282A2C}
Job.MPEG.Audio.StreamType = MPEGAudioEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1_Layer2
Job.MPEG.Audio.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency = 44100
Job.MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode = 2
Job.MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.CantUseMono = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.BitRate = 128000
Job.MPEG.Audio.BitRate_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType = 0
Job.MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.System.StreamType = MPEGSystemEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1_VideoCD_Illegal
Job.MPEG.System.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
Job.MPEG.System.EnableCommentText = False
Job.MPEG.System.CommentText = ''
Job.SourceList = <
item
Video.SourceFileName = 'C:\Video\Work\optimal_112103.avs'
Video.SourceRange.Enabled = False
Video.SourceRange.StartTime = 0
Video.SourceRange.EndTime = -1
Video.SourceRange.SubRangeList = <>
Video.SourceRange.LastSourceFileName = ''
Video.InterlaceImage = False
Video.TopFieldFirst = True
Video.AspectRatio = 12
Video.ImageArrange.ArrangeType = MPEGVideoConfig_ImageArrangeType_FullScreen
Video.ImageArrange.Width = 320
Video.ImageArrange.Height = 240
Video.ImageArrange.FillColor = 0
Video.EnableNoiseReduction = False
Video.NoiseReduction = 20
Video.NoiseReductionRange = 1
Video.NoiseReduction3D = 20
Video.NoiseReduction3DHiCQ = False
Video.EnableEdgePower = False
Video.EdgePowerX = 0
Video.EdgePowerY = 0
Video.EdgePowerField = False
Video.EnableDeinterlace = False
Video.Deinterlace = VideoFilter_Deinterlace_None
Video.DeinterlaceEx.Enabled = False
Video.DeinterlaceEx.FrameRate1 = 4
Video.DeinterlaceEx.FrameRate2 = 5
Video.DeinterlaceEx.AutoProcess = False
Video.DeinterlaceEx.AutoType = MPEGEncodeJob_Source_Video_DeinterlaceEx_AutoType_ 24fps_NonInterlace
Video.DeinterlaceEx.AutoDeinterlaceType = MPEGEncodeJob_Source_Video_DeinterlaceEx_Auto_Dein terlace_Force
Video.DeinterlaceEx.AutoForceDeinterlaceType = VideoFilter_Deinterlace_None
Video.DeinterlaceEx.AutoDeinterlaceThreshold = 600
Video.DeinterlaceEx.List = {0600000000000000}
Video.DeinterlaceEx.Cache = {}
Video.Clipping.Enabled = False
Video.Clipping.Left = 0
Video.Clipping.Right = 0
Video.Clipping.Top = 0
Video.Clipping.Bottom = 0
Video.Clipping.LeftMask = False
Video.Clipping.RightMask = False
Video.Clipping.TopMask = False
Video.Clipping.BottomMask = False
Video.EnableGhostReduction = False
Video.GhostReduction = <>
Video.ColorCorrection.Enabled = False
Video.ColorCorrection.Brightness = 0
Video.ColorCorrection.Contrast = 0
Video.ColorCorrection.Gamma = 0
Video.ColorCorrection.RedContrast = 0
Video.ColorCorrection.BlueContrast = 0
Video.ColorCorrection.EnableCustom = False
Video.ColorCorrection.Customs = <>
Video.EnableForceIPict = False
Video.ForceIPict = <>
Video.AutoForceIPict = True
Video.AutoForceIPict_NewGroupMode = False
Video.Enable32Pulldown = False
Video.NoConvertFrameRate = False
Audio.SourceFileName = ''
Audio.SourceRange.Enabled = False
Audio.SourceRange.StartTime = 0
Audio.SourceRange.EndTime = -1
Audio.SourceRange.SubRangeList = <>
Audio.SourceRange.LastSourceFileName = ''
Audio.Effect.Enabled = False
Audio.Effect.EnableVolume = False
Audio.Effect.Volume = 1
Audio.Effect.EnableFadeIn = False
Audio.Effect.FadeInTime = 500
Audio.Effect.EnableFadeOut = False
Audio.Effect.FadeOutTime = 500
end>
Job.OutputFileName = 'C:\Video\Work\santaclaus2.m1v'
Job.OutputFileType = MPEGEncodeJob_OutputFileType_MPEG
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.OutputFileName = ''
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.EnableVideo = False
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoCodecHandler = 0
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoKeyFrameRate = 0
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoDataRate = 0
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoQuality = 0
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoEnableForceKeyFrame = False
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoEnableForceCopyFrame = False
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.EnableAudio = False
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.InterleaveFrames = 0
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.VideoCodecConfig = {00000000}
Job.OutputConfig_AVI.AudioFormat = {00000000}
Job.OutputConfig_Wave.OutputFileName = ''
Job.OutputConfig_Wave.Format = {00000000}
Job.OutputConfig_Graphic.OutputType = MPEGEncodeJob_OutputGraphicConfig_OutputType_BMP
Job.OutputConfig_Graphic.OutputFileName = ''
Job.OutputConfig_Graphic.JPEGCompressionQuality = 80
end

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