Hi Kwag,

Another question, if you got a moment

If my average bit rate is 1100, for example wouldn't having Min=300 Max=2000, be "centered" better within the encoder's dynamic range than using Min=1100*.57=627, Max=2000?

It just seems (at least to my limited understanding) having the option of being able to encode at a lower bitrate can only help with regards to compression/quality.

Am I over simplifying this :?

Thanks again

Hi Chuck,

If your average is that high, then you don't need the (0.57 * average), because as you said, your average is already equidistant from MIN and MAX :D
The formula is best used when using average bitrates around ~900 and below, because it "pushes" the CQ curve up because of the higher calculated MIN bitrate.
I still prefer a MAX of 2,000Kbps when using the MA script because I get higher accuracy on prediction ( narrower Min, Max width )

-kwag

I get it now :cluebat:

Thanks again

- now to out what I learned :D

i can't seem to get CQMatic RC4 to work :?
tmpgenc just flashes a couple of times for a second and the log says cq is above watermark using cq of 90 8O

RC3 seems to be working fine for me, just wandering if there is a setting i have to change for RC4 :roll:

Hi kinggee,

Please check your paths, that you dont have any spaces or strange characters in the paths or the file names.

BTW, RC-5 is up!

-kwag

hmm there are no strange characters in the paths :?

:D will try now thankyou

What is the full path to your .tpr, and to your output file name in TMPEG :?:

-kwag

C:\Documents and Settings\Ben King\Desktop\KVCD ENCODING TOOLS\DogSoldiers.tpr

Output = C:\Documents and Settings\Ben King\Desktop\KVCD ENCODING TOOLS\DogSoldiers.m1v

now everytime i try to predict it gives a negative file size difference after the initial cq of 60 and jumps and stays on cq 90

Look at your file names :!:

C:\DocumentsspaceandspaceSettings\BenspaceKing\Desktop\KVCDspaceENCODINGspaceTOOLS\DogSoldiers.tpr

and Output = C:\DocumentsspaceandspaceSettings\BenspaceKing\Desktop\KVCDspaceENCODINGspaceTOOLS\DogSoldiers.m1v

ohhhhh so a space is not a normal character :oops:

i will fix this up and try again :lol:

thanks :)

kinggee,

The problem is the way TMPEG stores the file names in the project file. When you use very long filenames and paths, it stores them something like this:

'C:\--== DVD RIPPING ==--\Band Of Brothers 10 Teile\Teil 4\bob4.d' + '2v'

Which of course, is an error for any standard windows program trying to open the file :!:

-kwag

i see :!: 8O

now i understand :)

thanks for the explanation

Yes it is :!:
It's a space character :lol:

-kwag

its still not working :bawl:

video source = c:\dogsoldiers\dogsoldiers.avs
output filename = c:\dogsoldiers\dogsoldiers.m1v
tpr path = c:\dogsoldiers\dogsoldiers.tpr

Hi kinggee,

Send me your .tpr by PM :!:

Hmm...bad results
 

Ok, my PC just finished encoding movie...
Result: 781 129 659 bytes
Must be: 683.19 Mb....
Too bad. :(
The movie was: Half Past Dead, hi-action movie
Average bitrate: 972
MAX - 2000
MIN - 554
Total lenght - 97 min
Source - DVD
Now I cant fit it to cd, even with 112 kbps sound
CQmatic - version RC-3
Now i try to predict with newest (RC-5) version of CQmatic...

@GetUp:

Was your source DVD in PAL format or NTSC format?

Cheers,

NTSC, film

well curious here :

have an 84 min movie, set min=0.57*avg bitrate and max=2000,
predicted and got an cq of 71,89, took 71.

then i changed min to 270, max = 2000, and well the videostream got 659 mb + audio of 115 mb (192kbit) , after muxing the movie has 785 mb so perfect for 1 cd :)

@Kwag

So, if I want to encode a sample with my script settings and fave template to check the resulting quality, how do I do it?

Also, do the filters loaded in the optimal script come with Avisynth or are they external?

What sort of figures are passed to the Letterbox and GripCrop filters?

Thnx