Is Xvid the best compressor for this job?

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:48 pm

I've toned down the mftoon (after realizing how high I'd set it), gotten rid of FastLineDarken and the TemporalCleaner. I'm going to re-render and see how it goes......

The aspect ratio I'm using is what the [url]http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ecalc.html] resize calculator[/url] from the Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> guide referenced to. Does it seem odd?

~JOSH

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sun May 22, 2005 9:07 pm

gunhoe86 wrote: The aspect ratio I'm using is what the resize calculator from the Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> guide referenced to. Does it seem odd?

I have no idea. You'll have to tell me what the source is.

The resize calculator can give you very good results but it requires that all of its inputs are accurate. Your values raise a red flag for me because cropping 8px off each side and resizing to 480x352 generally means that you're working with 4:3 footage. However, you're also cropping 12px off top and bottom, which seems weird.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:53 am

Um no, he's cropping 12px off the sides and 8px off the top and bottom.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:25 am

Scintilla wrote:Um no, he's cropping 12px off the sides and 8px off the top and bottom. :P

Oh yeah. Crap, I can't read.

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:43 pm

Well, I'm using several different anime sources, so I found the largest size I had from the sources and cropped that one. This way, all the other's fit into the final size.

One question, the Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> guide calls to use Fast Recompression for the first pass, should I switch to Full Compression for the second pass?

~JOSH

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:57 pm

gunhoe86 wrote:One question, the Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> guide calls to use Fast Recompression for the first pass, should I switch to Full Compression for the second pass?

No, you shouldn't switch.

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:38 pm

Well, I don't know what I've done wrong then. My second pass is always larger than the first, even after I use the target size option. I guess I'll try using target bitrate this go around, maybe that will help.

~JOSH

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:43 pm

gunhoe86 wrote:Well, I'm using several different anime sources, so I found the largest size I had from the sources and cropped that one. This way, all the other's fit into the final size.

That is usually not a good idea, as it is very easy to distort the proper aspect ratio of your sources. Are you using fansubs?

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Is your second pass bigger with audio or without?

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:55 pm

That is usually not a good idea, as it is very easy to distort the proper aspect ratio of your sources. Are you using fansubs?

I noticed, that didn't work very well at all.

Both my first pass and second are with audio, since I'm using VDM. Is there a way to compress without the audio?

I don't know what fansubs are. I did rip these myself using Dazzle

from my own dvds............

~JOSH

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:23 pm

gunhoe86 wrote:
That is usually not a good idea, as it is very easy to distort the proper aspect ratio of your sources. Are you using fansubs?
I noticed, that didn't work very well at all.

It doesn't really hurt compressibility but it can be a major distraction.

Both my first pass and second are with audio, since I'm using VDM. Is there a way to compress without the audio?

Disable the audio stream for the first pass in the Streams dialog.