best result software for low bitrate?

[redzed]

can anyone suggest the best mpeg2 encoder to encode 5 and a half hours of video with the best result, like a low bitrate type of thing.....i tried using QuEnc but it ends up having squares in it at high motion parts......so can anyone sugest please,from their point of view....

[edDV]

MPeg2 is Mpeg2 at those extremes. Try MPeg1 if it has to work on a DVD player or Mpeg4 if it doesn't..

[BJ_M]

5.5 hours on one dvd?

that is a 1700 bit rate -- even at 1/2 D1 , that is pretty low unless the source footage is exceptional quality from non compressed source ...

at least to my taste ..

why not just split to 2 disks ?

[redzed]

i dont know much about mpeg1..but im more confident with working on mpeg2 (at good bitrates ) yeh....spliting onto two disks is a good idea but all the TV Serieses i buy in russia have about 10 videos at 40 mins each.... and the quality is good enough for watching....so do u think trying mpeg 1 is the best idea?

[sacajaweeda]

Unless you're using a DVD-9 MPEG-1 is your best bet.

[redzed]

ok....what software would be the best for encoding to mpeg1 from avs script?

[sacajaweeda]

CCE

[redzed]

right.....thanks for that......ill get back after i try right now

[BJ_M]

CCE is not all that great at mpeg1 compared to freeware alternatives that dont cost 2000$

IMO

[redzed]

i tried there and an error came up half way through encoding on a little video i tried,, i think that might be that my bitrate was too low.... what should be actual bitrate for mpeg1?

[BJ_M]

1700 to fit 5.5 hours on a dvd - as i mentioned above

[redzed]

oh yeh......forgot that u told me the bitrate........anyway im trying again......and what would be a better software for mpeg1 encoding BJ_M.....price doesnt matter

[jimmalenko]

i tried there and an error came up half way through encoding on a little video i tried,, i think that might be that my bitrate was too low.... what should be actual bitrate for mpeg1?

I doubt low bitrate would cause an eror.

What did the error say exactly ?

[BJ_M]

tmpgenc (old free version - legal for mpeg1) -- did a very good job for mpeg1

[redzed]

here is the error

[redzed]

ill give tmpgenc a try

[theewizard]

buy a dvd player that plays dvix, and encode to dvix not dvd specs

differet format different compression

put 5 or 6 hours on there..and it will look better than the same amount of time in mpeg

create a dvd data disc not convert to dvd disc

but it requires a new dvd player that plays both formats

[BJ_M]

buy a dvd player that plays dvix, and encode to dvix not dvd specs

differet format different compression

put 5 or 6 hours on there..and it will look better than the same amount of time in mpeg

that is for sure -- even using a cheapo $50 dvd player it would look better

[redzed]

i have one in my living room......which is what i watched most of my serieses on.....but i would like to give dvds to my mums friends.....as not all have computers..especially dvd players that play Divx or Xvid

[redzed]

is mpeg1 playable on as many players as dvd?

[jimmalenko]

is mpeg1 playable on as many players as dvd?

It's part of the DVD spec at 352 x 240/288 for motion, so they all should play it.

[redzed]

thats good quality of mpeg1 TmpgEnc is outputting......but i hate the fact that it takes so long to encode.....although everything else is fine