I am backing up the best of friends on the lbr template. This is the first time i have used the sampler method. This is just my script if there is any confusion if i am doing it wrong.


LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\mpeg2dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\fluxsmooth.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\GripFit_preview.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\blockbuster.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\legalclip.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\sampler.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\convolution3d.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\dustv5.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\encoding\decomb.dll")

Mpeg2Source("D:\friends2\bestoffriends\vts_011.d2v ")
legalclip()
GripCrop( width=352, height=240, overscan=1, source_anamorphic = false, dest_anamorphic = false)
GripSize()
#PixieDust()
#SpaceDust()
faerydust()
Convolution3d(preset="movieLQ")
Blockbuster(method="noise", variance=.5, seed=1)
GripBorders()
LegalClip()

I get a sample of 4290 frames. So from this i use the method Predicted MPEG size = (( Total frames/MovieTimeInMinutes) / 24 ) * MPEG sample file size. The movie is 257240 frames and 143 minutes long. My ideal test file size should be 9.74 mb. When i achieved that value i ran tempgenc and encoded. The final file size was 660 mb instead of the 730 i should have. This is using the new templates, so let me know if missed something or if i am doing something wrong which i think i may be doing. Thanks

Branden

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You missed something... it is what they called "factor".

This varies... some uses.. 0.95 and some uses 0.98...

so it should look...

Predicted MPEG size = (( Total frames/MovieTimeInMinutes) / 24 ) * MPEG sample file size*factor

I hope this helps

Thanks i wasnt sure if this applied to new prediction factor or not. I always did it on the other prediction method. What is the recommended factor for this one? It didnt mention the factor in the prediction tutorial. Well thanks for your help.

branden

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