MeGUI conversion for xbox 360 on 20 min TV show, quality is bad x264.

[xsirxx]

I am currently trying to rip a dvd I have that contains 20 min tv shows. I downloaded one of the episodes to see what the x264 version looked like, and it was perfect quality at 175megs. When I rip it using MeGUI using oneclick at a size of 175 megs, it comes out completely blocky. I mean to the point where its hardly visible. So the question I have is, am I doing something wrong? Im putting the audio at stereo and the video using x264 2 pass. I ripped out one episode of the dvd to try this out so I can just put them on my media player(360) and not have to change discs for my son.

If any1 has an idea what I should be doing as opposed to what I might be doing - it would help out a TON!

Thanks!

[Baldrick]

What audio bitrate are you using?
What resolution/frame size?
If it's automatic open the video in mediainfo and check what it says.

I use handbrake to convert my dvds to mp4 h264 with aac audio and it looks FINE.

[mh2360]

Another thumbs up for handbrake, or you could also try EncodeHD, which despite the name, also handles standard resolution video.

[xsirxx]

I used 700 vbr. Resolution was at 640. but I believe the ripped one was of the same res. Any ideas? Ill will definitely try the others... quick Q though, does handbrake handle straight vob? or do I need to demux?

Thanks!

[poisondeathray]

I used 700 vbr. Resolution was at 640. but I believe the ripped one was of the same res.

Something was wrong with your settings, or the info you've given - it doesn't add up. What audio bitrate did you use?

e.g. 20min show , 128kbps audio, 175MB should be ~1090kbps, not 700 kbps

But even at 700kbps for 640x480 frame size shouldn't yield any blocking, unless you diabled deblocking or used negative alpha/beta deblocking values, or have your playback decoder set to skip deblocking

I don't use the auto encode or one-click encode features, just the manual method

[xsirxx]

yea i thought that it was off too, hence why i posted... I will try handbrake and see what comes of it...

[xsirxx]

OHH MAN! Handbrake is friggin awesome! MeGUI took about 4 hours to encode a 20 minute episode and the size was around a gig. With Handbrake i am getting 175 megs everytime and looks perfect! Ohh also it only takes 8 minutes to encode.

THANK U VERY MUCH every1!

btw - u all just made my sone very happy( and me cause i dont have to change discs anymore )