Avisynth: one-CD encode of Lord of the Rings extended
 

I though I was going to try to make a one disc encode of Lord of the Rings (Extended version - PAL). But I figure that if it's gonna fit on one disc I will have to encode it at 352x288 and I probably need a filter to get rid of macroblocks, right? Recommendations and settings are more than welcome! What maximum bitrate should I use to get the same effect as LB or ULB templates? If I forgot anything important please enlighten me!

EDIT: Should I use Bilinear resize instead of Bicubic? I saw somewhere that Bilinear produces smaller files?

I would like to point u to the lotr - ex post that is in the KVCD forum --> http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4416. Hope this helps u.

Oops, sorry! I totally missed that one :oops: ! Thank you, andybno1!

no probs, it is kinda hidden near bottom of the page.

BTW, what maximum bitrate should I use? I don't think that was mentioned in the post you directed me to, was it?

I used a maximum of 1900 kb/sec for that movie on 1 CD :wink:

ok pardon my ignorance but maximum of 1900 kb/sec for that movie on 1 CD????

8) Well I got to admit it was a 99 min. CD-R, but yes I used a maximum of 1900 kb/sec. Results came out great with the script that I posted! :D

sory what I meant was what does that mean maximum of 1900 kb/sec?

Well I specified a Max. Bitrate of 1900kb/sec and a Min. Bitrate of 300kb/sec in TMPGEnc and used CQ mode, so that the bitrate will vary between these two values throughout the movie according to the motion.

which template u use ULBR? LBR?

@andybno1
My guess would be that Jellygoose used ToK. :wink:

exactly :)

@Jellygoose,
Have you tried encoding the movie again... with the latest "revised" adaptive script? And I'm asking you again - please enlighten us on how you did with the subs and how you got that high CQ value??! 8O

@audioslave:

No I haven't tried it with the newest script yet, and I'm actually not planning on yet. I'm gonna wait another 6 months or so and see what we have achieved until then! :D

As for CQ and subs, read here:

http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4416&start=32