6144 vs 4096 for CBR

[EwanG]

Have been working my way through a number of home vidoes and TiVO captures to prepare them to be played back on the TiVO. Even a few DVD rips as I've been trying to get some of the kiddie stuff into a more "rugged" format.

Because of other suggestions on here, I gone from a two-pass VBR in TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress to a CBR setting with a bit rate of 6144 (since I gather that multiples of 1024 are preferred). However, given the source for much of my material, I'm wondering if I would see much difference if I was using 4096 as the bit rate instead. Any personal experience y'all can share?

TIA,
Ewan

[jimmalenko]

(since I gather that multiples of 1024 are preferred)

Nup, whoever told you that was feeding you BS. You can use any bitrate you want, multiples of 1 included

You may want to look at using CQ mode.

[EwanG]

You may want to look at using CQ mode.

Not sure where I would find that in my MPEG Settings. As in, I don't see that as an option in TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place?

[jimmalenko]

It should be in the same place as where you choose CBR or 2-Pass VBR. I don't have Xpress so I can't help you with that.