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by Andrew Bienhaus
Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:34 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

ok, zooming in on target settings now... :-) ac3, 5.1, same movie. 384k bitrate: 130,123,828 bytes 640k bitrate: 518,899,200 bytes so obviously a fair difference, although not the end of the world. .4Gb, on a 2-3Gb file. Is there anyone who would however have an opinion such as; "I would never ...
by Andrew Bienhaus
Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:12 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

Just ran some tests, to see how the conversion/audio codecs help/hinder... ac3 vs. aac, didn't seem to make any difference, although online postings indicate that aac might have some issues with the codec, so I guess I will stick with ac3.

Next will try and see how the bitrate changes things. :-)
by Andrew Bienhaus
Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

Ok, so yes, my next pass at Deadpool, with a single audio track, AC3, Mixdown from 5.1 to Dolby ProLogic II, and I got the sought after 2.1Gb. In general... (again, friendly opinion/advice wise)... is that a good choice for mixdown and audio codec to use? Or, if I think I might ever want to use the ...
by Andrew Bienhaus
Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:43 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

ouch!
wow... ok, thanks.

so, there's a feature request for Handbrake, that maybe I should put in?
(a rough predictor/estimator tool)

those I guess are likely because I selected "auto passthrough", sort of assuming audio was tiny... ;-)
by Andrew Bienhaus
Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:37 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

Rollin'... thanks. Where can I easily see that, or, in the future perhaps predict it?
by Andrew Bienhaus
Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:45 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Re: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

Thanks guys, appreciate the thoughts. Yes, if I was around 2.5Gb, I'd just try other movies... but I'm not even in the ballpark. ;-) Sounds like I want 1080p30, 265, and to tweak the RF for size, and let the encoder run all night with a high processing setting for quality... logs: www.bienhaus.org/d...
by Andrew Bienhaus
Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD
Replies: 13
Views: 1369

Seeking friendly advice on encoding DVDs & BluRays for Kodi playback via HDMI & HD

Description of problem or question: Seeking friendly experience, within the similar scope of what I am trying to accomplish. Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable): Have lots of DVDs & BluRays. Have the players to play them back, when I really REALLY want the high quality ... but also a...