I re-encode anime episodes from the normal 175 mb episodes to 85 mb for my website (in order to save bandwidth) using the following settings in VirtualDub: Video: Divx 5.2.1 Dual Pass 412 kbps Psychovisual Enhancements->Slow Audio: MP3 96 kbps You can download an example of the reencoded file here (the original file can be obtained from animesuki.com): http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M9T3LNATJXAB3T1KTQLZYE4ZP I was wondering if anyone knows any ways I can get either better quality at the same size (preffered, get near the same quality at smaller size, or encode it a lot faster; either by using different settings, codecs, filters, or containers (not realmedia, though, since I already know how to use that). Thanks in advance
If you have it that's great - but are you using it? Or are you using VDub manually (ugh)... Using GordianKnot, plus a close study of the DivX guide to settings http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXUserGuide521-en.exe will give you the highest-quality files in the smallest size possible L8R
matroska can save you a bit of overhead size. if i demux and just swap containers, i can save up to 5MB for a 270MB file. compared to avi. realmedia is better for anime, since it blurs rather than blocks. so for low bitrate encoding you should consider it. or maybe try AVC, well its more efficient than ASP, so it may be better than normal divx. filters, try vaguedenoiser, its really good for more compressibility. and it doesn't blurs too much unless sets at high threshold. this is a filter for avisynth. also try deen, etc http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/
Reading that Divx Guide helped a lot, didn't realize I could leave standard performance and no audio processing during first pass. I know realmedia is better for anime at low bitrates, but I don't like the lack of encoding options (not enough filters) and many of the people on my site have an irrational dislike of it. I think I'll stick with AVI over matroska, since the file size difference isn't that much and more people can playback avi. Thanks for the help guys!
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=bdee69fa0ec0ff9669e4022dfed6eeac&threadid=83409 take a look at realanime. i've problems playback real on older pc, since i need to use old renderer since it uses s3 display card.
