Procoder 2 and best settings

[balli]

Hi,

what is the best settings in Procoder 2 to convert from Huffyuv to MPEG2 DVD compliant? the source is a slideshow, every pucture has a timing of 4 seconds, the transition is 2 seconds. Is better VBR or CBR?

[upshot]

As I understand it VBR is a techinique to save space. If you have a high motion scene followed by a low motion scene the encoder will 'borrow' bit-rate from the low motion scene to get better quality in the high motion scene. It's a balancing act....

That being said I don't think you'll see any difference between the two in a slide show but, you may see a smaller file size with VBR.

If file size is not an issue just use CBR and the "highest quality" or "mastering" setting....

[balli]

Hi upshot,
very thanks for the answer.

[freestyler]

Do the pictures in your slideshow just fade into one another? (dissolve transition)

Or are they more complex?

I suggest the use of a bitrate calculator so you get an idea of how much stuff you can put on your disc at a quality you find acceptable. Then try those figures in Procoder and see if you're pleased, if not tweak em a bit.

@upshot
VBR doesn't borrow. It just allocates a higher bitrate for more complex scenes based upon the settings you've indicated (min/avg/max bitrate).

[balli]

Hi freestyler,
my transition is very simple: just fade into one another.
My goal is get more quality possible.
It is not a problem of size file.
I use Huffyuv because with Codec DV the quality is pover compared to TIFF image.