Which Transcoding Tools Produce The Best Picture Quality.

BTW, RB Farm is great if you have multiple computers. I purposely designed DVD-RB in a way that encourages others to have access to it's functioning. That's mainly why it has the three phase mode as well as one click. I also put useful information in the REBUILDER.INF to help others see what was found during analysis. The .FLG file holds the original state of the Progressive, TFF, and RFF flags, and the .ECL and .AVS files make it possible for others to reference individual cells. If you're going to build something, it's silly to think you have all the answers -- so you might as well open it up to other peoples ideas as well. RB-Opt and RB-Farm are good examples of what a creative programmer can do when given the opportunity.

 

ISOs are easy to track, mount, find and delete with alcohol. When I'm done with an ISO I can easily remove from my veiw without removing files or I can delete the files at the same time.

I may encode and store 5-10 movies without burning until I'm done with everything. I can do everything from the couch with my laptop doing remote duty. I just go into the office to load the DVDs and blanks.

 

You guys have intrigued me. I'll try RBfarm. It seems like a good fit for me. I have been doing some network reconfiguring for reliability.

 

Can anyone get me a copy of RBfarm. Doom9 seems to be having problems.
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Sophocles...I followed your Batch steps, and they worked perfectly. The reason Batch wasn't working for me is that I didn't "Save" each project before launching Batch mode. What I did was go directly into Batch and then added each project with the ADD button as I created them one by one. While the final setup looks the same, it won't work.


With this ironed out, it puts a much different perspective on how I budget encoding time. I would agree with you that this is now more convenient than other 1-clickers, and certainly less time consuming in terms of having to stay with the computer. A lot of things seem to be a trade-off, but with RB/CCE - Batch I can now have the best quality within the least amount of committed time. 'Best of all worlds!!! You've done a mighty fine thing here, jdobbs!!!

 

You have to watch closely, but every now and then I'll do something right. ;-)

Thanks.

 

That's odd. I'll take a look at why it would be different...

 

Doc

I was having the same problem until jdobbs posted something (I can't remember exactly) and he mentioned separate folders and saving the project and it all came together. It works like a charm and makes speed almost irrelevant since I'm not going to be there while its happening anyway. glad it worked for you too.

 

jdobbs

If you go right into batch and start adding files without having saved them first you won't have any .drb files and nothing will happen. The projects have to be saved first. It was you that indirectly taught me that in one of your post and for that I am truly thankful. The batch feature will remove the objection that ofen follows the thought of long encodes. I did three moves while away at work today and it worked like a charm. Vurbal has to add this to his guide.

 

I'm thinking that once a few Shrink adovocates sit through 3.2's 2-1/2 hour deep analysis a few times, they will start looking this way. My reaction right now is one of "laughing all the way to the bank!" (I'd say "having your cake and eat it too" but this might start something all over again.)

Concerning the .rbd files, even if you fill in a name, and it looks like it takes, it still won't work.

 

If they're going to use DVD Shrink with Deep Analysis and high quality settings they should definately be looking this way. Batch mode removes all the objections.

 

Hey guys, totally agree but I'm puzzled about one thing. When I use shrink with the quality settings and deep analysis it's only taking about 1 1/2 hours. Is everyone experiencing these 2 to 3 hour back ups?

I just did Hidalgo and it took 1 hour and 20 minutes, this is a 2 hour and 20 minute movie( i also left in one extra of 9 minutes). Ya know if ya use shrink at 80% or less the quality is pretty darn good. I still like remake with IC 8 also up to about 35% and of course RB/CCE over that, haven't tried batch yet, but plan to. I think sometimes I get bored doing the same thing over and over, anyone else have that problem?

 

Geez...it's after 10 PM PMT, and your post just hit the boards. I guess you're just getting up. Get out the garlic.

Yeah, when that happens I just go buy some more software.

I get a 2-1/2 hour backup with a 7.5 to 8 GB DVD with my P2.6. LOTR-Return is a good example. I also have 512 MB of RAM, but only 360 max gets used. I never have gone to 3 hours for encoding/deep analysis.

'Good to have your back. Are you ready for College football to start? 'Found out Karen2003 is a U of Mich grad. We'll have to send some grief her way once things start up.

 

Hey doc, good to be back. I have same amt. of ram, P2.8, but still, we're looking at an hour's difference! Strange.

I am salivating over F-ball, can't wait! Michigan? ugh, er.... no comment. lol We just got several top recruits which should turn our season around, right now, we're picked 4th in the SEC, 11th to 12th in the nation. What's that say about the SEC?

BTW, I have been up all day, thank you very much.(been helping my wife set up her classroom, ugh, no fun, no choice).

 

This is interesting. We'll have to do a time trial some afternoon/evening with the same DVD. We could agree on a certain start time, and the first one to finish posts first, and waits for the other guy. What do you think?

(I figured the reason you didn't say anything about my cure for boredom is because you own a copy of every software already!)

 

Hmmmmm.....don't have X Copy

Let the race begin!

 

OK. For choices there is the old standby LOTR-Return at 7.9 GB. I have all of LOTR that I need, though. Runaway Jury and The Human Stain just arrived in the mail today, and those are probably good medium-range choices. What do you suggest?

BTW, I hear X Copy knocks the socks off all the others.

 

bigo

I still find that DVD Shrinks picture is a bit soft and I haven't used it since beta testing ended. I didn't have any 2 or 3 hour backups using it but others have. The point that we were making is that with DVD-RB in batch mode we can backup 2 or 3 movies while we sleep.

 

With RBfarm running, DVDshrink loses the time battle by a large margin. Its pretty cool. I'm still playing with the setup but I like it.
I just need more electrical outlets and breakers.

Thanks Vurbal
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Hey soph, yeah, I understand the point, I just thought it curious shrink taking so long on a lot of other PC's. It's not like I have some mega-super duper-CIA comparable-PC. Just a little Dell 4600. That's all.

You know my favorite is RB/CCE, but I do like the new shrink at lower compressions. As I said, I intend to try RB/CCE using the batch method but I don't think I'll go to any one method exclusively, I like variety(as long as the quality measures up)and you know I'm still a big fan of IC 8/DVDremake.....

I would like to see some results with Procoder. BTW, you can buy a lot of DVD9 media for 400 smackaroos, now that they're down to 9.00 apiece.

Hey doc, I'm gonna buy some new ones today, (they always come out on Tuesday)and I'll get back to ya. I, like you, am sick to death of LOTR-any of them-too much testing. Kinda like soph with Daredevil, heh heh.

X Copy the best, huh? I'll have to get it today, NOT! lol


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