Wanted 2 cd for SVCD but got 3....WHY??????

[NeWcS]

Ok im trying to "back-up" Erin Brokovich(89minutes) and am trying to get it onto 2 cd's(SVCD). Did Smartripper/dvd2avi/TMPEG 2.5 wizard(NTSCFilm SVCD Templete). I used a bitrate calculater and it said I should set the BR to something like 1960 or so. To be safe I set it to 1800 /w audio to 192. when I woke up this morning the output file was 1.9gig. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanx

[spidey]

Yep, been there done that. I usually drop it back even like 150 down from what it tells me. Did you use cq_vbr I am guessing ????? Also, did you set your minimum to 0 ?

I think for the bitrate calculator to work well, you'd want to use 2-pass vbr, those values the calc. give you are only good if it's set to 0 as the minimum I think. I'd also recommend scaling them down a little again too.

I got burned 3 times by it and said "**** it" My rips come out flawlessly, just doing a plain old VCD of them so I didn't want to dwell on it.

I'll mess with it when I have more time. All times I was burned was with cq_vbr and I set the quality % way up there which I know inflates the file size....so I believe 2 pass vbr is your answer, but it takes alot of time....Lol....Julia Roberts boobs aren't that worth it Bro

Hope this helped a little...

[Mordant]

The bitrate calc works perfectly. I've done quite a number of movies using it and never had a problem (that wasn't my own mistake).

What settings did you use...CBR, 2 pass VBR or something else?

Did you enter the audio bitrate into the calc as well?

At CBR of 1800 with 192 audio I will get about 54mins on a CD at not great quality. If you did a 2 pass with AVERAGE bitrate set to 1800 and max set to 2528 as the calc suggests you would get a fairly decent video of the same length.

If you use the CQ setting you can not predict file size with the calc.

[NeWcS]

Thanx for the replys, I'll mess with diffrent setting.

Thanx

[natcom]

hey why not get it on one cd of 74 or 80 cd with great quality

[NeWcS]

hey why not get it on one cd of 74 or 80 cd with great quality

????Would you please explain to me how to get a 89min SVCD on 1 cd w/ 'great quality'???????


Thanx

[kidkurrupt]

hey why not get it on one cd of 74 or 80 cd with great quality

????Would you please explain to me how to get a 89min SVCD on 1 cd w/ 'great quality'???????


Thanx

Don't you think you're asking for a little too much?