2008-06-20, 19:06
Great thread guys lots of good info here. I am looking for some help as far as settings go. I am running xbmc on linux not the xbox so horsepower is not an issue. Up until this point i have been encoding all my movies with Autogk using 100% quality, AC3 or DTS sound and xvid. I am pretty happy with the results, really nice looking and between 1 to 2 gigs depending on length. I wanted to start using h264 mkv's to see if I could get either better quality at the same or slightly larger file size or same quality at reduced size.
Autogk has a 100% quality setting which as mentioned before is what I had been using. I know some of the programs discussed here have the same setting but it produces files larger than the original, which kind of defeats the purpose. I had read that a QF of 18ish is about dvd quality. Can anyone comment? Anyone know better settings? I am looking for 1:1 dvd copies but obviously since they are encoded more efficiently they should be smaller.
The other thing I like about autogk is that you can tell it to keep only forced subtitles. How are people here handling forced subs? Do any of the programs have a similar feature? I have looked in Ripbot, handbrake and Mediacoder and none seem to have the option. Cheers and thanks in advance.
Autogk has a 100% quality setting which as mentioned before is what I had been using. I know some of the programs discussed here have the same setting but it produces files larger than the original, which kind of defeats the purpose. I had read that a QF of 18ish is about dvd quality. Can anyone comment? Anyone know better settings? I am looking for 1:1 dvd copies but obviously since they are encoded more efficiently they should be smaller.
The other thing I like about autogk is that you can tell it to keep only forced subtitles. How are people here handling forced subs? Do any of the programs have a similar feature? I have looked in Ripbot, handbrake and Mediacoder and none seem to have the option. Cheers and thanks in advance.