CCE combined bitrate always too high no matter What I do!

[soundforbjt]

Every time I encode an avi to dvd using CCE, I always get the error message, when authoring that the combined bitrate is too high. I have my audio at 224 ac3 and here's a sample of my avs script.

AviSource("E:\movie.avi", false)
ConvertToYUY2()
LanczosResize(720,476)
AddBorders(0,2,0,2)
ResampleAudio(44100)

using 4 pass vbr with minimum bitrate @ 2000
maximum '' @ 8500
average " @ 5500

avi length is 124 minutes

I'm using CCC 2.70

if I try to lower the maximum bitrate it make no difference.

[guns1inger]

My bitrate calculations say that for a 124 minute video with a single 224kbps audio track, the average video bitrate should be 4686kbps. This also allows for 20mb of space for menus. An average of 5500 kbps allows for 107 minutes.

Your calculations are cactus. It is the average that you need to adjust, not the maximum, as this is what CCE is trying to match.

[adam]

Too high an average will result in a file that won't fit on the media. But it shouldn't have any effect on the max bitrate.

soundforbjt: Make sure you do not have the DVD Compliant option enabled in CCE. This tags the stream with a nominal bitrate flag of 9800kbits for the video. This often results in it being viewed as having a much higher bitrate by authoring software. Its just a misapplied flag (in my opinion) so you can ignore it if your software lets you. There's really no point in using the dvd compliant option in CCE unless you need a quick and dirty way to adjust resolution to compliant settings.