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i couldnt figure out where to start this thread since we really dont have just a "general" software section or anything dedicated to encoding be it audio or software.
i was wanting to know what software people recommend to use, i have found some i have not used before. i need to get that link posted from my hex core box, i went with one i used in the past for some DVD's i wanted to make digital since they are older and not BD/going to be put on BD or streamed. anyway i have a external drive i came across agian from a year or two ago that has some movies i ripped to it. figuring out what settings to use has been really hard, so i did three tests with the same movie, the latest riddick. using Mpeg4 encoder set to 6 then another run set to 1 and H.264 set to 16 (in HB quality section under video). speaking to H.264 since this seems to take way longer near 3hrs to encode i only have the one run at quality 16, not the recommended setting from the pop up box. what i find weird is the recommend setting for h264 for SD is higher IQ setting then HD, which seems backwards.
To the Mpeg4 quality settings i choose those two to see what would happen. At Q1 i seems more like im watching a BD but not nearly as good IQ as h264@16, at Q6 for Mpeg4 it seems more like a video quality i would see from a streaming site at its best quality. i am going to do some other Mp4 runs at higher numbers(lower quality) to see how much more of a difference there is from Q6 to Q8/Q10. even so with MP4@Q6 using 320kbps for stereo, the movie comes in around a little over 2gigs. using these same settings i have had some other movies come in just under 2gb, more like 1.8-1.9gb.
since i havent tested other encoders besides HB, is there really much more IQ i could gain by going with them. while still keeping about the same file size or is it all going to be the same, the only difference is the front end.
another question being at what IQ setting for h264 does it become not worth it, using 20,16,14,12?
i was wanting to know what software people recommend to use, i have found some i have not used before. i need to get that link posted from my hex core box, i went with one i used in the past for some DVD's i wanted to make digital since they are older and not BD/going to be put on BD or streamed. anyway i have a external drive i came across agian from a year or two ago that has some movies i ripped to it. figuring out what settings to use has been really hard, so i did three tests with the same movie, the latest riddick. using Mpeg4 encoder set to 6 then another run set to 1 and H.264 set to 16 (in HB quality section under video). speaking to H.264 since this seems to take way longer near 3hrs to encode i only have the one run at quality 16, not the recommended setting from the pop up box. what i find weird is the recommend setting for h264 for SD is higher IQ setting then HD, which seems backwards.
To the Mpeg4 quality settings i choose those two to see what would happen. At Q1 i seems more like im watching a BD but not nearly as good IQ as h264@16, at Q6 for Mpeg4 it seems more like a video quality i would see from a streaming site at its best quality. i am going to do some other Mp4 runs at higher numbers(lower quality) to see how much more of a difference there is from Q6 to Q8/Q10. even so with MP4@Q6 using 320kbps for stereo, the movie comes in around a little over 2gigs. using these same settings i have had some other movies come in just under 2gb, more like 1.8-1.9gb.
since i havent tested other encoders besides HB, is there really much more IQ i could gain by going with them. while still keeping about the same file size or is it all going to be the same, the only difference is the front end.
another question being at what IQ setting for h264 does it become not worth it, using 20,16,14,12?