Question about 'Super' converting RMVB -> iPhone (MP4)

[blackhole001]

1) I installed v2009.build.36 on my notebook. I give me 'ERROR!' when I put a long list of files for encoding.
2) I installed v2010.build.37 on my desktop. I got 'huge' output files MP4 (480x272) and they are 4-5 times the size of original RMVB file (720x404). What's interesting is that if I encode the very same file on my notebook, the output file is around 70% of the original file.

Can some give me some idea what happened?
Thanks!

- Andrew

[redwudz]

Check the bitrate of those files with a program like MediaInfo. My guess would be that they are 4 - 5 times the bitrate of the smaller files. That would likely be because of the encoder settings. It may be that the default settings of the encoder have been changed.

SUPER is just a GUI for a handful of individual programs. Some of those programs may also be used by some of your other software that reset the default settings. Or that version of SUPER may have different bitrate defaults.

And welcome to our forums.

[blackhole001]

redwudz,

I think you're absolutely right! I used KMPlayer to play both converted videos. One show bitrate 5xx kbps and the other show 3xxx kbps. I installed K-Lite on both my desktop and notebook. I didn't change anything on K-Lite since I know nothing about it. On SUPER, I set both Bitrate to 240 kbps.

If it's encoder setting as you mentioned, should the setting be done in my K-Lite? and could you give me some idea where to find the setting?

(I tried to lower the output bitrate on my desktop (the 3xxx kbps one) by changing from 240kbps to 64kbps, but both create similar output file size...)

Thanks!

[redwudz]

K-lite likely uses the same codecs as SUPER uses and K-lite may have damaged or overwritten them. That happens a lot with K-lite, one reason it's not usually recommended here. I wouldn't let it within ten feet of any computer I own.

But you need to configure the codec itself if you want control over the encoding.

[Ai Haibara]

I believe SUPER only uses DirectShow filters if you tell it to do so (there should be a DirectShow option somewhere near the top right of the main window, if I remember correctly... it's been some time since I used it). Normally, it just depends on its stable of included programs, like ffmpeg, mencoder, x264, etc.

[blackhole001]

redwudz & ai,

Thanks for your info. I finally gave up on Super and turned to MediaCoder. It solved both problems of mine

- Andrew

[redwudz]

Good choice.

[AlanHK]

Xmedia Recode is very easy to use for this, it has a lot of presets for mobile devices, so the bitrates and everything else should be right, and uses ffmpeg to to the actual conversion, so doesn't screw up your codecs like some other utilities.

[blackhole001]

You know what? My MediaCoder converted MP4 files couldn't be loaded/played on my iPhone!! Instead of searching for a solution, I tried Xmedia Recode as suggested by AlanHK. It works like a charm! Thanks AlanHK!