ISO advice on what bitrate I should use in TMPGEnc....

[RKelly]

I've got some video which I captured from my Panasonic DV camcorder using Sony Vegas (therefore .avi) I want to encode the video to Mpeg II and make DVDs out of the footage. My question is, what bitrate should I encode the files at? I want to utlize the best quality footage possible, while making sure most (if not all) DVD players can play the dvds without freezing up. I am going to encode the files with TMPGEnc, settings include DVD NTSC 16:9 (the footage was shot in widescreen and I want to retain that) CBR MPEG-1 Layer II Audio (MP2) and when going through the wizard the "recommended settings" are 8000 kbits/sec and audio at 384. Is this a good setting? Is it too high? I am mainly concerned about freezing on DVD players during playback.

Secondary question, is there much of a difference using CBR and VBR settings? Which one is preferable? Thanks!

[45tripp]

Secondary question, is there much of a difference using CBR and VBR settings?

yes

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic331240.html


your settings sound 'safe'
you'll want your audio in dolby.
do your audio separately, use an aften gui like encwavtoac3
tmpg plus is old...

gl

[RKelly]

Thanks for your input. I know TMPG plus is old, but it is a program I have used in the past and am comfortable with. Is there a program you would recommend above TMPGEnc with similar ease of use? Thanks.

[45tripp]

tmpg xpress 4

or learn some basic avisynth and use HC.

gl

[Jim44]

I'm still using TMPGEnc Plus and use the "recommended" settings or lower video bit rate if I want to put more content on a particular disc. I've had no playback issues on my 8-year-old Panasonic and other, cheap, portables. I typically use AviSynth to input to TMPGEnc, though, mainly to resize to deal with the horrible overscan on the tube TV.

Cheers,
Jim