VideoHelp Forum




+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 3 of 3
  1. 13th Oct 2003 16:22 #1
    Jukka
    Jukka is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Blighty
    Search Comp PM
    Q. Is it better to convert to DVD at high bitrate and then Shrink to DVDR or just use a lower bitrate to start?
    Quote Quote  
  2. 13th Oct 2003 16:31 #2
    GKar
    GKar is offline
    Member GKar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    In the corner, on a stool
    Search Comp PM
    You can use a bitrate calculator which will get you close, or as I do, capture at higher bitrate then shrink using DVDShrink and get a perfect fit. The quality difference will not be that great though probably. You capture an AVI then convert, so your quality will be more dependant on your capture resolution in my opinion.
    Quote Quote  
  3. 13th Oct 2003 16:45 #3
    Vejita-sama
    Vejita-sama is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2001
    Location
    Seattle, WA
    Search Comp PM
    Generally speaking it's best to use a lower bitrate to start with, then encode at a high bitrate and shrink. The reason is tha encoding produces superior quaility to transcoding (DVD Shrink, DVD2One, IC, etc). A multipass VBR encode at the correct bitrate should yeild better results, than a 8000kbit/s encode transcoded down to 1150kbit/s.
    Quote Quote  



Similar Threads

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Visit our sponsor! Try DVDFab and backup Blu-rays!