Need advice on fitcd/avisynth script.

[nick101181]

I've got some xvids that were made from hdtv captures. They are 640x352 and have a ratio of 1.82:1. They are anamorphic so most people say if you encode to 352x480 that it's not possible to keep it anamorphic. What settings should I use in fitcd to give the the best picture since I want to encode to 352x480? Does encoding an anamorphic avi to 352x480 crop it any? and if so , how much? thanks

[monzie]

Use FitCd select your input file...select 1/2 DVD and it should then give you a size of 352 X 352 .... save the avs and encode.

[nick101181]

Thanks but over to the right those settings should I check anamorphic also? and what about the three settings on the left I got anamorphic checked over there but what about the one underneath?

[monzie]

NO! if the source is an avi then it is NOT anomorphic to start with...dont set that flag anywhere.

Why dont you just do a 16:9 DVD instead (that will fill up your screen nicely), why are you using 1/2 DVD?

By the way what encoder are you using?

[nick101181]

I want to use 352x480 to fit more mins on a dvd-r. I go thru 50 or so dvd-r's in 3 or 4 weeks so I need to be able to cram as many episodes in good quality on a dvd-r. If i could fit 4 -1 hour eps on a dvd-r in good quality then I'd go for it. These eps don't have commercials so they are actually 1 hour each in length. Even if I could fit 3 it would be nice.

I'm using CCE 2.70.01.05

[monzie]

Great your using CCE...this makes life simpler for me (CCE 2.62)

You can get 3 hours onto a DVD having an average of 3200kbs and an audio of 192kbs (use ffmpeg for the audio or another audio tool) ac3 or mp2.

Ok your avi's are 640 X 352 so use FITCD to create your script for a 704 X 480 DVD and then resize to 672 X 448 (use accurate in the box marked CROP box......tick ANAMORPHIC on the righthand side [not the left]......use LANCZOS as the RESIZE filter......and tick the YUY2-Output box...........now your script should look like this in the bottom window:

# -= AviSynth v2.5.2.0 script by FitCD v1.2.3 =-
AVISource("D:\My Documents\The.Magic.Sex.Genie.XXX.avi")
LanczosResize(672,448,0,0,640,352)
AddBorders(16,16,16,16)
#Trim(0,173819).FadeOut(150)
ConvertToYUY2() # For VirtualDub or CCE


Delete this line <#Trim(0,173819).FadeOut(150)>

Your script should now look like this:

# -= AviSynth v2.5.2.0 script by FitCD v1.2.3 =-
AVISource("D:\My Documents\The.Magic.Sex.Genie.XXX.avi")
LanczosResize(672,448,0,0,640,352)
AddBorders(16,16,16,16)
ConvertToYUY2() # For VirtualDub or CCE


Save the script.

Open up CCE....select Multi-Pass ES..do 2 passes at min: 1000 ave: 3150 and max 5500.


Select IntraDC:9, Lume 16:235, DAR 16:9, Timecode 00:00:00:00, tick Add Seq End, Prog Frames, Linear Quantz and ZigZag...DO NOT tick 'DVD compliant'!

Set the Image Quality to 25 (or your preffered..i wouldnt recommend going less at this bitrate) and off you go....but first encode a test, it saves doing the full file (for test purposes extract 1min of video from the avi with Vdub>Direct Stream and make a script for it with FitCD...but dont use title footage..select a normal 1min). You can then PLAY with this file using different parameters..and make different scripts at different sizes...when happy encode the full movie at the same as your test.