How many percentage on INSTANT COPY to give good result??

[dydy]

Hi, i'm just wondering when adjusting the percentage of the main movies on Instant Copy, what's the certain percentage to get a good quality movies?? Does going below 60% give a bad quality result??

The second question: Is it okay to go over the limit 4.32GB on the Instant Copy???



Thanks

[Gurm]

It isn't a clear-cut question.

It really depends on the movie. Some movies have bitrate to spare. Others will suffer at 10%.

As for going over the limit - most people who are serious about this will intentionally go slightly over the limit with Instant Copy, and then use DVD Shrink to hit the target - since Instant Copy is apparently INCAPABLE of actually getting 4.32 on the nose.

But technically you can't burn anything more than 4.32 so...

- Gurm

[vric]

It isn't a clear-cut question.

It really depends on the movie. Some movies have bitrate to spare. Others will suffer at 10%.

As for going over the limit - most people who are serious about this will intentionally go slightly over the limit with Instant Copy, and then use DVD Shrink to hit the target - since Instant Copy is apparently INCAPABLE of actually getting 4.32 on the nose.

But technically you can't burn anything more than 4.32 so...

- Gurm

4.32 ?? I always burn 4.35 or 4.36 with shrink or other software

for Instant copy, if you get a file of 4.1, you won't see any difference with 4.3 files... but if it's lower than 4, then it worth doing it again with higher setting (I usually set it to 4.42 to get a close match)

[Gurm]

It's technically 4.37, but hey he said 4.32 so I ran with it.

- Gurm

[northcat_8]

4.37 is correct for IC7 as I add the sizes up manually since Pinnacle's team is a little low in the math department.

But to answer your question dydy. I never compress below 85% with IC7. Although some of the extra's that I compress down to 50% look just fine, I never compress the main movie below 85% and if it's a high action movie I keep it to 90%