I have a 30 minute clip encoded with HcEnc with Min Bitrate 40,000kbps and 80,000kbps max. It is set at MP@HL.
Would a dual-layer blank DVD accept this? Also, would a blu-ray player play this with no problems?
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What is the maximum Blu-ray will allow? I am not trying to compromise much. My quality is excellent at this filesize. Something has to play it.
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What is the maximum Blu-ray will allow? I am not trying to compromise much. My quality is excellent at this filesize. Something has to play it.
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But 30 minutes (without audio) even at 40Mb/s won't fit on DVD9 anyway (just use a bitrate calculator, you will see it's too big)
You will get better quality and compression using h.264 over mpeg2
A computer will play it, and some media players -
Let me try to encode my AVI at 40 and see what happens...
If you are set on using dvd9 media, it's too large even without audio. (or use a bitrate calculator)
Don't waste your time -
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IMO, still not worth using mpeg2. Much better quality/compression ratio with avc/h.264
You can't just burn it "as is" either, it needs to be authored in order to be playable in many blu-ray players (although some may play the file as is) -
What is a good h.264 encoder? Will TMPGEnc do it? I had a trial version and can't remember.
The thing is, when you rip a vob from a commercial DVD and clean it up, if you re-encode an already lossy format such as MPG-2, the quality will never be as the original. The best thing to do is crank it up to the highest bitrate and level allowed, in order for your video to not further degrade -
x264
If you want something that will do it all (including author), try multiavchd or avchdcoder
Newer versions of tmpgenc (tmpgenc mastering works) can encode using x264 encoder, or other h.264 encoders -
Just encoded my file with MPEG2 at 39,700max (left room for audio). Quality is indistinguishable from 80 max and I'm happy with it. The filesize is 2.40gig.
What can I do with this? Will Blu-Ray pick it up? -
The thing is, when you rip a vob from a commercial DVD and clean it up, if you re-encode an already lossy format such as MPG-2, the quality will never be as the original. The best thing to do is crank it up to the highest bitrate and level allowed, in order for your video to not further degrade
I bet you could encode at 6-9 Mb/s h.264 and you wouldn't notice the difference . Probably even 3-5, since you've filtered the source.
Just encoded my file with MPEG2 at 39,700max (left room for audio). Quality is indistinguishable from 80 max and I'm happy with it. The filesize is 2.40gig.
In other words, you've likely saturated the encoder . (i.e. it is overkill)
If you're happy with it , your player might play it as is, but to be safe you should author it. (analogous to how DVD's need to be authored) . -
I have played around with different bitrates and levels, believe me. 11.2mb/s would start to show some pixelation in dark areas, whereas 40mbps does not. It's the dark areas that show the difference. It seems like overkill, but understand that I'm already re-encoding MPG2. My logic is to crank up the bitrate as high as it is acceptable in order to prevent further quality loss.
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But you aren't using 40Mb/s .
Math says your video is actually ~11.2Mb/s if your video is 2.4GB like you said. Use gspot if you don't believe me . It should be about 8GB if you were using 38-39Mb/s
Filesize = Bitrate x Running Time
There are ways to "coax" the encoder to use more bitrate and higher quality. e.g. changing I:P:B ratios, reducing or eliminating b-frames, using different matrices -
So are you saying you can see pixllation in dark areas or not? (are you happy with the current 11.2Mb/s encode?)
If you want to achieve higher than 11.2 Mb/s bitrate, try Fox1 matrix and maybe eliminating b-frames -
So you're happy with this 11.2Mb/s encode?
If so, you don't need DVD9 media. Did you notice its 2.4GB? It will fit on DVD5
You can author for SD blu-ray if it has 3:2 pulldown for 24p material (outputs a 59.94i signal) - it should be if you have BD compliance checked off in HCEnc . It also has to be 720x480 (not 704x480)
You're actually pretty close to making a regular DVD. ~9.5Mb/s CBR would be regular DVD player compliant -
Gspot read it as 19458kbps average.
bitrate viewer states an average of 19424kbps with a peak of 34405.
It used up most of the bitrates I fed it. It's no way NEAR dvd (max 10.5 video and audio) -
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Is not the OP the same individual who repeatedly fails to answer questions and declines to provide accurate information. all the while insisting on things that are not true and being generally obnoxious, rude, and frustrating, as well?
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It won't necessarily play on blu-ray player , unless you use blu-ray compatible encoding settings and author it. Default handbrake settings do not conform to blu-ray specs.
Also certain players need specific firmware versions, beware some firmware updates actually reduce compatiblity!. Look at your specific player forum for more info. Some players play everything you throw at it, even non authored content, non blu-ray compatible content; others are very finicky and require very specific encoding settings and authoring. Some don't play h.264 authored DVD5 at all (let's call it "BD5")
There are many threads on blu-ray compatibility, use search if you want more info -
And thank goodness I don't own a blu-ray player or burner as of yet. So to avoid the headache, I'm going to invest in one that plays everything but pancakes.
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I wouldn't bother in this scenario. Why even bother with optical media anymore? Get a media player like wdtv or asus oplay - they play just about everything (different formats, compression, containers like mkv ) much less restrictive... and are USB/HDD based. But alas, no pancakes either
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