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Originally Posted by jackl
Hi Kwag,
Thanks for all the work on the kVCD templates! Best to ask this by example...
If I use one of the kVCDplus templates and its starting CQ is say 50, and I use the kVCD Predictor and to squeeze a movie onto 1 CD and the CQ to do this is say 22, how far can the CQ be reduced before the quality starts to really degrade? I guess the real question is at what point are 2 CD's better than 1?
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Hi jackl,
The best way to find out is to encode a sample with prediction. This way you know exactly what the movie is going to look like, once you find your correct CQ or CQ_VBR value. If the sample quality is not good for you, you can then select two CDs for target instead of one, or you can lower the resolution by selecting a lower resolution template. Right now with the current GOP, I believe we can fit ANY 2+ hour movie in two CDs with quality almost equal to the source. I've seen the samples for LOTR, targeted for two CDs, and it looks just like the DVD
So just play with KVCDPredictor for your movies, or use the manual formula if you want to target 2 or 3 episodes on a single CD-R.
-kwag