2pass vbr in tmpgenc max & min bitrate

[kingoflubrication]

is there a way to know what i should set the max & min birates to, when using 2pass vbr. i used the calc to figure out what the average should be. i am making an xvcd.

[kingoflubrication]

actually, i think what i should be asking is: should i encode in constant bitrate at my dvd player's peak bitrate or use vbr?

[Peter]

If your DVD player's peak bitrate is the average bitrate you calculated, encode CBR.
Else use VBR and set max to the max(-30kbits or something) your dvd player can handle and the min to 0.

[PimpInDaHouse]

I just got done encoding a movie with 2 pass VBR, the settings were 4500 max 2500 avg. and 1150 min. and the movie looks like crap to me it is a XSVCD. The avi. I used was very close to DVD quality I couldn't tell the differents between them. I would say use CBR I think it looks better but if you are trying to save space use the VBR.

[Vejita-sama]

You say your AVI was DVD quaility but was it a ripped DVD or a DivX file? Did you set motion search to high (the default is fastest IIRC)? Do you turn detect scence changes off? Can your DVD player support 4500kbit/s?! Go above the max bitrate and 'odd stuff' starts happening (skips, pauses, dithering, etc).

If 2500kbit/s is your DVD max, then just use CBR.

Aside - I make DVD rips -> xSVCD w/ CCE 3pass VBR min=900, ave=1600~2000, max=2500 all the time and they are DVD quaility encodes (2-3 discs thou )

[PimpInDaHouse]

I didn't make the .avi(Divx) myself but it looks perfect. My DVD player can handle 4500kbits/s it usually looks great with CBR but I used VBR this time to fit it on 3 cds. I didn't play it on my DVD player yet but it looks like crap on my computer. I didn't turn detect scence change off I left it on. I use 4500kbit/s as often as posible. I also used 3:2 pull down and non-interlaced, the movie is NTSC Film. I put the motion search to highest quality. Am I doing something wrong?