How to convert AVI/DivX/XviD with AC3 to DVD with AC3

[Mikrosofti]

Hello m8s!

I've done some excellents home-made-dvd's with this tutorial: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php So basicly what it does is that I convert two AC3-XviD/DivX to one DVD-r with TMPGEnc without any problems. I've got pretty decent qualities with this method. It can hold some like two two hours movies without lack of dvdrip quality.

So only thing that's bother me is that with that guide you have to encode mpeg2 with CBR (constant bitrate) for example 2500kbts and it just sucks.

So I would like have some advises for goooood tutorial to make that all than that other guide but I would like to use CCE as an encoder. I know that internet is filled with tutorials of CCE+AviSynth, but which is the best and also easiest to manage?

Please, if you don't understand, ask for more! I'm happy to explain more.

Summasummarun: 2 AC3-XviD to DVD-r with CCE and with what easy guide?

Sorry if I try too fancy english...

[guns1inger]

No, you don't. You can encode the video at whatever bitrate is right for your movie, and you can use VBR instead of CBR. Just because a guide say a doesn't mean you must do a. You can always vary it to suit your circumstance. That is how you learn.

I have, from time to time, read through some of the many guiides on this site. There isn't one that uses the methods I use, and there isn't one that I agree with 100% or would follow to the letter. But there have been a few that have given me either good tips, or ideas that have lead me down my own path.

You have a method that works for you, but there is one aspect you don't like about it. So change it. Make a method that works for you, based on this one. If you can do that, you might be ready to move on to the harder stuff. If you can't, you definately aren't ready for avisynth.

[Mikrosofti]

guns1inger, thanks for quick relpy

I've been glaring various avisynth guides from time to time, but haven't yet dare to try one of them myself.

Let's assume, that I have two AVI-files, for example 1h 30min with AC3-sound. I think size doesn't matter at this point. And I want to allow each movie equal size on my dvd-r. Let's say like 2Gb each, so I have some space left for menus and subtitles.

Could some smart and caring user help me from point to point how to convert that with CCE with One Pass VBR, which DVD Rebuilder uses? Or could that same user point to some guide to follow even a little bit?

Bare with me guys

[guns1inger]

encoding is very simple. time x bitrate = space. Use a bitrate calculator, tell uit how long your video is, tell it how much space you have, and it will tell you the bitrate.

Don't use 1 pass VBR. Either use CBR (bad news at low bitrates) or 2 or 3 pass VBR (more than 3 is a wank). 1 pass VBR is like CQ (constant quality) - you have little control over size.

So you have 2 movies at 1 hr 30 each. This is a total running time of 3 hours. plug this into the VideoHelp bitrate calculator (bookmark it!) https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm and you get 3159kbps. You set this as your average, with a low of 100 and a high of 8400 and 2 passes. The quality probably won't be great though.

Here is some reading for you

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=222898
http://www.aviscript.de/howto/HowToDVD.htm

The last one uses aviscript, which I haven't played with, but seems interesting and worth a look.

[Mikrosofti]

I'll give those links some time. Stay tuned...