Xvid Settings

[flash_49]

Hello,
I would like to convert a TS File in AVI with the best quality/speed. My TS File has 1100 kbps and is interlaced. What the best configuration Xvid to convert it to AVI (1000 kbps). It's to difficult for me to understand all settings. What's the difference between quantizer and bitrate ? I use VirtualDub or MGui and I can use use only those ones.
Thank you very much for your help.
Flash_49

[guns1inger]

Post a mediainfo of the TS source file.

Also, fill in your computer specs in your profile. As a general rule, speed and quality do not go together. The faster the encode, the lower the quality. The only way to get a quality encode to go faster is to throw more hardware at it. Without knowing your specs, it is hard to say what is a reasonable encoding speed for you.

[jagabo]

Target quantizer is single pass quality based encoding. You select the quality (1/quantizer) but you don't know what the final bitrate will be (file size = bitrate * running time).

With bitrate based encoding you select the bitrate but you don't know what the final quality will be. Two pass variable bitrate will give better results than single pass constant bitrate.

I would ammend what guns1inger said: speed, quality, and minimum file size don't go together. You can get any two, but no all three.

[jman98]

Do you want to watch the AVI file on a computer, DVD player or media player? The reason I am asking is that some DVD players that will play AVI files don't like files with some encoding options. Here is a list of options that might be a problem. You should avoid all of them if you want to play this on a DVD player unless you know for a fact that your DVD player will be OK with some of these options.
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic352457.html

Computers are OK with all of those options and media players should be OK with all of them also.

[flash_49]

Thank you very much for your answers.
My computer is : Windows Vista Home (Familiale) Premium SP1

I need a Xvid AVI File with a great quality, and the speed i would like to is e.g. for 1 hours of film, about 45-50 minutes of encoding.
I want to watch on my tv, but no problem to read on my DVD Player.
Thanks

[guns1inger]

You won't get quality that is any better than the source unless you are prepared to run filters etc in avisynth or virtualdub. If the output above is representative of the source you are working with then the quality is on the lower side anyway. Simplest would be a single pass constant bitrate encode using the same bitrates as the source. The quality will remain pretty much the same as the source, the file sizes will be identical, and the encoding time should be pretty short.