Hi all, I'll need some opinions/help on this issue...
I'm trying to author a KDVD with LOTR3 and HarryPotter3. That means almost 6 hours of video that I'll fit with 2 audio streams and subtitles
.
I tried a 704x576 resolution, but I had to filter and use a Q above 32, so I forgot it
. To keep in DVD standard I went to 352x576.
I usually just use MATempSoftenUnfilter. But in this case, as I expected at this res to have bits to spare, i used:
LanczosResize(...)
RemoveGrain()
Deen()
to avoid blurriness. With these settings, Q=21
.
Reading the documentation of RemoveGrain:
Quote:
1. As already mentioned, RemoveGrain cannot change border pixels. To get rid of these, cropping should be done after RemoveGrain...
5. If grain is too crude, RemoveGrain can only partially remove it or cannot remove it at all. Because in such a case the source is quite poor anyway, it is a good idea to shrink. Then also the grain gets smaller and RemoveGrain may be able to erase it. In general, downsizing should be done before RemoveGrain while upsizing should be done after RemoveGrain....
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But in my script I was cropping in Lanczos, before RemoveGrain...
So I decided to try this script:
LanczosResize("just resizing")
RemoveGrain()
Crop(...)
Deen()
But the tool I usually employ (MovieStacker) does calculate cropping first and resizing... so didn't help me.
I remembered of this link
http://www.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/ that Inc posted once, and figured out my numbers, with the help of Mencalc tool (also by Inc). I ended up with:
My source is anamorph 720x576, with active pixel area 720x432. My script:
Code:
LanczosResize(360,432)
RemoveGrain()
Crop(4, 56, 352, 320)
Deen()
AddBorders(0, 128, 0, 128)
LetterBox(0, 0, 8, 8)
Are these calculations right?. Following "uwasa" page resizing was 360x576, but in Mencalc, when converting 16:9 to 4:3, it changed the resizing to 360x432, and it made more sense to me (but I didn't found documentation on why this change).
With this way I lose some pixels (just 2-4) in both sides, but aspect ratio is similar to just Lanczos cropping and resizing.
Is this the correct way to follow RemoveGrain docs recomendation?. Does it worth?. Related to the output, still didn't look at it carefully, in a fast sught looked quite similar.
The samples encoded with resize-crop were 2-3% bigger: I don't know if this means more details or more "dirt" (or both!
).
Your comments/help will be of interest.