Maximum Movie length anyone?

[johneboy]

Hey just curious to see what the maximum playing time anyone has been able to fit on a 80 Min CDR, that has been watchable?

[puertorican138]

I have done a 2 hour movie on (X)VCD before and playback was good. Some people on this board have gotten up to 2 hours and 30 minutes on 1 CD-R. :P

[0 kewl]

1h 50min personally, know some guys that fit 3h 19 min (Apocalypse Now - uncut).

[puertorican138]

0 kewl, 3 hours and 19 minutes on one CD-R?!?!?! How did the ouptup turn out, it probably was blocky.

[hp_lovecraft]

You would be surprised-
The KWAG LBR Template can do 180 minutes of "good" quality when combined with the Blockbuster filter.... especially for low-action movies and widescreen video.

The secret is variable noise reduction/smoothing, plus low I-frame count with the CQ_VBR HQ encoding.

nick

[kwag]

You would be surprised-
The KWAG LBR Template can do 180 minutes of "good" quality when combined with the Blockbuster filter.... especially for low-action movies and widescreen video.

The secret is variable noise reduction/smoothing, plus low I-frame count with the CQ_VBR HQ encoding.

nick

You got that 99% right nick
Forgot to add the NoMoSmooth filter

Here's a sample script for anyone interested:

LoadPlugin("C:\encoding\MPEG2DEC.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\encoding\nomosmooth.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\encoding\blockbuster.dll")
mpeg2source("K:\TEST\VIDEO_TS\movie.d2v")

BilinearResize(336,192,45,0,630,480)

NoMoSmooth()

######## Auto Strength, proportional strength depending on resolution #####
## Remove only one "#" on front of the resolution that matches your encoding.

BB_Resolution = 352*240
#BB_Resolution = 352*480
#BB_Resolution = 528*480
#BB_Resolution = 544*480
#BB_Resolution = 704*480

BB_StrengthConstant = 352 * 240 * 20 # Base strength
StrengthValue = round (BB_StrengthConstant / BB_Resolution)
Blockbuster( method="noise", detail_min=1, detail_max=10, lv=1 ) # Apply noise if complexity is <= 10%.
Blockbuster( method="sharpen", detail_min=20, detail_max=90, strength=StrengthValue) # Sharpen only if complexity is >= 20%.

# The last ~10% is left untouched (pass-through), to avoid sharpening highest frequency components ( Peak artifacts, sharpest edge, etc. )
##
################## End Auto Strength ####################

AddBorders(8,24,8,24)

Information, samples and more advanced techniques here: http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1604

-kwag

[TheLostTimberwolf]

This is some seriously kewl readings here

My question is, where can I get a hold of the nomosmooth and blockbuster filters for avisynth?

I tried using the sansgrip link provided in the KVCD forums but all the site is either down/moved or really busy.

is there any other places I could get my grubby hands on them

thanks , ciao

TLTw

[kwag]

Hi TheLostTimberwolf,

Apparently, there are network routing problems. Try to access SansGrip's page from this proxy: http://www.webwarper.net

-kwag

[TheLostTimberwolf]

Cheers Kwag

I can now access the site, but downloading seems another matter lol, Ill just keep trying, if there are troubles Im sure time will sort them out

ciao

TLTw

[TheLostTimberwolf]

Well Ive been trying and no luck the links keep coming up dead for downloading the filters

Kwag would it be possible for you to please maybe email me the filters(nomosmooth and blockbuster) or anyone please?

TheLostTimberwolf@hotmail.com

please

thank you

TLTw

[kwag]

Well Ive been trying and no luck the links keep coming up dead for downloading the filters

Kwag would it be possible for you to please maybe email me the filters(nomosmooth and blockbuster) or anyone please?

TheLostTimberwolf@hotmail.com

please

thank you

TLTw

The filters are mirrored here : http://www.kvcd.net/sansgrip/avisynth

-kwag

[SingSing]

I am interesting to try out KVCD.
Other than downloading the template for TMPGenc,
is there anythings else we have to do ?

[lpn1160]

CD-R'S cost .50¢ you want to give up "decent quality" for that??

[TheLostTimberwolf]

many thanks Kwag

all downloaded, now to work this stuff out lol

catch ya

TLTw