encoding with CCEnc Sp2

[burgkev]

Can anyone kindly suggest recommended settings or point me in the direction of a guide that does for Cinema Craft Encoder SP2? I like HCEnc very much but I wanted to compare it with this one since it is praised so highly and the speed is apparently faster. But, there are a ton of options and parameters. All I want to do is convert normally an .avi to DVD w/chapters and best bitrate.

Thanks

[PuzZLeR]

All you need do is go to the "Tools", or "All guides" section of this site, enter Cinema Craft Encoder, click on it and underneath there will be a bunch of guides you can click on to.

As for converting an .avi, it depends what's in the .avi file in the first place. However, a simple AviSynth script pointing to this file, fed into CCE should work fine. If you're resizing, I recommend a Lanczos filter.

There are indeed lots of options, and many are subjective. But you need to note two things for what you want:

Enable "for DvD" in the Video settings upper right quadrant to ensure DvD compliancy.

Near the bottom right, there's a "Chapters" button. Once you're in that menu it should be quite easy to point out chapter points. Try a test file to practice.

As for my options, I personally like "1-pass VBR" and a bit lower down in the interface I select Q=30, Min = 2000, Max = 9000 and I get great quality at decent file sizes in one pass. But that's me. You may want to select an exact bitrate. It's up to you.