XMEDIA Encode vs Pavtube - Both Soft ?

[donotron]

I am looking for the best way to compress my blu ray movies onto my plex media server.

I did a test using MakeMKV/XMedia Encode vs Pavtube.

They look strikingly similar. SOmething I am trying to figure out is the filtering. To me the movies look almost like a milky layer has been added to them at .2 percent opacity. They look ok ... but not amazing. The files size 6-9 gig.

Pavtube took 1/4 the time.

Is there a document explaining what all the setting in XMEDIA are ... i mean a good descriptive document with definitions ?

Here are my XMedia settings ...

Apocalypse Now Redux ...

FORMAT :
Custom
MP4
MP4
Video & Audio
Audio Video Sync

VIDEO :
Mode : CONVERT
Codec : MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Language : English
Frame Rate : Keep Original
Color Mode : YUV 4:2:0 Planar 12bpp
Rate Control MOde : 2-Pass average birate
Bitrate : 6000
Profile : Main
Level : 4.1
Preset : Medium
Tune : Disable
Frame Packaging : None
Open GOP : off
Keyframe Interval : 0
Min GOP Size :
Display Mode : Progressive
Threads : Auto

AUDIO :
Mode : Convert
Codec : AAC
Language : English
Sample Rate : 48000
CHannels : 6.0
Rate COntrol Mode : Avg Bitrate
Bitrate : 128
MPEG Version : MPEG-4
Object Type : LC (Low COmplexity)
Output Format : ADTS
Lowpass (HZ) : 0
TNS : off
Mid/Size : off

Subtitles : off

FILTERS/PREVIEW
Resolution : 1920 (2) x 1080 (2)

SIZE : 8.9 GB

Here are my pavtube setttings ...

h264
1920*1080
7000
24

aac
4800
320000
5.1

SIZE : 10.29GB

[donotron]

Here are a couple screen grabs .. they just look a little soft ..no ?

i used windows 7 snipping tool on VLC to get these

xmedia

pavtube