CBR Video Settings in TMPEGEnc

[MaximumIce]

Hey folks,

Got a quick question. Seeing as I have only 74 min. blank CD-R's (for now) I am finding it highly annoying when I have a standard 2 hr. movie and the second part is just a tad-long and won't fit on the disk. I end up having to decrease the Video bitrate to make it fit, which compromises the fluidity of how the SVCD plays. Question is this: How can I set the bitrate specifically to the rate I want (From what I get from the bitrate calculator) without having TMPEGEnc always set it back to the default of 1600 kpbs...this is annoying me.

Thanks
His Iceness

[j1d10t]

For using CBR? Just put in your CBR, then click on where it says bitrate, and it will pull up a little drop-down box that has Lock and unlock as choices, and choose "lock". Then save the settings as "whatever.mcf" and load that when you want to make an SVCD.

[MpegEncoder]

Or use VBR which is better for this type of thing anyway.

[j1d10t]

Yeah, 2-pass would give you much better results, but take twice the time. So it's a trade-off; quality Vs. time spent... :/