Is there a bitrate calculator that analyses your files and gives info?

[Rudyard]

All the bit rate calculators in the tools section are to help you find out the bit rate you need to fit to a disc.

What I am after is a tool that will analyse my files I have encoded in VBR and show me (hopefully graphically) how much bit rate is being used at what points so I can compare it to other forms of encodes to check my quality.

E.g. I encoded 120min of DV footage in vegas at 2 pass encode VBR 8max 6avg 2min....I would like to find out what parts of the video have what bit rate.

Does this exist??

[manono]

Hi-

BitRate Viewer will do the job. The free version is good enough for your needs. It's not all that accurate for NTSC, but if you're PAL, I think it does the job OK.

After you've burned the files to DVDR, put the DVDR in the DVD-ROM and DVD Bit Rate Viewer will show you the combined bitrates (video, audio, subs, overhead).

[grannyGeek]

maybe one of these can tell you?

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=bitrate+viewer&s=&orderby=Name&hits=50&conve...uthorfeatures=

[Rudyard]

cool tanks for that.....lol I searched the tools and came up with nothing - I should revise my search criteria in the future!!

Manono - How do you get the free version?? It appears to be trialware. I am in Pal btw (aussie land)

[BJ_M]

it is trialware

[manono]

It's free. The picture when you go to the link is of the payware version. I've used it for years with no problems, nag screens, expirations, or anything else. Maybe I don't understand the definition of trialware. Just hit the "Download now" button and you're good to go. At the bottom of the page it says:

How can you obtain a commercial version BV? You just simply click on the "BUY ONLINE" button below to access our shop where you can order it. Once you ordered we will send you by email a small binary file what sets your freeware version to be commercial. The price of commercial version is 29.95 EURO. One EURO is equal with around 0.9 $US.

Sounds like free to me.

[BJ_M]

if you notice - as they point out -- and has been shown .. the freeware version is non to accurate ....and is missing most all features ,,,,


Commercial version is available. What is more in this version?
GOP structure informations
Seconds informations
Printing ability
Simple I frame trimming for elementary streams
Can be save the once read stream's datas and reload that later, you do not need the original stream anymore.
Can modify some basic parameters of MPEG stream.
Scene change detection and Variable GOP Pattern can be detected
Bitrate Calculation tool
Frame compression/quantization scale view
AVI file reading if the compression is standard MPEG
User support what is not available for the freeware version users.

More accurate bps calculator (commercial version only)
Frame compression/quantization scale view (commercial version only)
1000/1024 divider can be choosen (commercial version)

[manono]

if you notice - as they point out -- and has been shown .. the freeware version is non to accurate ....and is missing most all features ,,,,

Look, I said there was a free version and you contradicted me. Now you admit there's a free version, but you say the commercial version is better. Already you backtrack. In my first post I said it wasn't so accurate for NTSC. As far as I know is is accurate for PAL, or at least more accurate. It may not be 100%, because it's not reading every frame (actually, I don't know what it's reading), as does the commercial version (which also takes roughly 15 minutes to complete a scan of a movie). The free version is probably OK for Rudyard's needs. It's fine for mine. If he wants an accurate average bitrate figure (but without a graph), he can run the vobs through DGIndex. Set Playback speed to maximum and run the Preview. It'll also take some time, but will give you a completely accurate average bitrate, without costing a dime.

Sure, the commercial version has lots of nice features, but none that Rudyard asked for. I've seen the commercial version myself, and I can't use most of that stuff either.