Media encoding?

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2008 at 14:51

Wasn't sure where to post this. But are any of you running a q6600 at around 3.2Ghz with 4GB of 6400 ram on vista 64.

If so how long does it take you to rip a full length dvd to xvid or other avi format?

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2008 at 18:24

Tomsk said:
Too many variables.
- which encoding software
- resolution of avi
- quality/bitrate of avi

dvdfab
1024 x 768
100% quality (5gb files roughly)
2 pass encoding

I'm wondering how much faster it would be over my 4200+ amd x2 with 2Gd ddr ram. Get around 25fps on this. (normal dvd's not Hd stuff)

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:11

Bump, i no there's a lot of variables. but some idea of what such a system could do is useful. So post your average fps and basic specs(ram and cpu).

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:54

Clarkey said:
why are you ripping it into a higher resolution than the dvd?

Just for the hell of it.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 21:27

Chris1712 said:
The optical drive is a probably the main bottleneck, I'm working through the dragonballz dvds as we speak an episode at a time, at about 140fps. This is off a ripped iso image though.

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4gb GSKILL
Asus P5Q-Pro
3870XT

ohh that's fast.
I can't see a dvd drive being a limiting factor. 1 speed is what 24fps? so a 22 speed dvd palyer could do over 500fps before it becomes a limiting factor.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 22:03

Seems like it's worth upgrading got over 500 to encode and it grows every month. Darn Members Market. Have to wait and see how much spare money I have on pay day.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 22:20

bledd. said:
it's pointless btw mate, you can't 'add' quality

I know, but I have it so it keeps the same aspect ratio and doesn't seem to take any longer to encode. I think it looks slightly better on a monitor although this might well be a placebo.

NightSt@lk3r said:
Takes me about 6 hours to encode a 2 hour 720P WMV-HD movie with 2 pass encoding on a Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 2.7ghz, im using Microsoft Expression Encoder 2.

That's insane.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 22:26

Chris1712 said:
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Not sure what dvdfab actually does I just select main video file. Select the bitrate and press convert.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 22:39

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2008 at 22:54

Chris1712 said:
What your using at the minute is not actuall giving you much benefit. Your not saving much space at all (20% at most prob) and losing dvd functionality. I would either be encoding to x264/xvid at a higher compression and native resolution, heading for 1.4gb final size (ish!) or just ripping the extras/languages etc. from the dvds and having .isos.

I'm not worried about size. I just want it on the computer for instant access and use vista media centre. Don't see the point in ripping everything as I never watch the extras or use other languages. Just want good quality.
ASs well as streaming it to the lounge if I can ever afford to build a htpc.
I Like simple, which is why I selected the max resolution. As I said I don't know if I gain anything but, I don't have to fiddle around with fdshow or anything else.

Are x264 rips really better quality at max settings? as it does have that option, I've just always used xvid since it was released.

Also which is better dts or ac3?
I use a av reciever which has dts and dolby decoders.