Anyone know the Video/Audio encoding setting behind "Great 3GB per hour" etc?

[jwalloga]

I am trying to find out what the encoding settings are for video and audio for the DVD quality settings in Sage.

For Video, I am looking for Kps and for audio I am looking for Khz and Kps.

Does anyone know what thery are for, say, the Great - 3GB per hour setting?

Does Sage use Constant Bitrate or Varaible? Maybe they use Variable for the ones that have the "~" sign before them, becaue when you use variable you don't really know?

Please help!

[CyRex]

jwalloga,

Check out the link below, it has information on the qualities and how to add your own.

FAQ - Recording Qualities

[korben_dallas]

Best works out to near 3GB/hr for most of the hour shows I watch. DVD Standard could be a little more or less because it is VBR.

[jwalloga]

Thanks Cy. Here is the text from the sage.properties. How do I know if they are using VBR or CBR? Do I assume CBR since there is only one kps number?

seeker/recording_qualities/Best\ -\ 3GB\ per\ hr=Best,384,48000,6666666

seeker/recording_qualities/CVD\ ~\ 1.4GB\ per\ hr=CVD,224,48000,3000000

seeker/recording_qualities/DVD\ Extra\ Long\ Play\ ~\ 1.8GB\ per\ hr=DVD Extra Long Play,384,48000,4125000

seeker/recording_qualities/DVD\ Long\ Play\ ~\ 2.5GB\ per\ hr=DVD Long Play,384,48000,5750000

seeker/recording_qualities/DVD\ Standard\ Play\ ~\ 3.25GB\ per\ hr=DVD Standard Play,384,48000,7250000

seeker/recording_qualities/Fair\ -\ 1GB\ per\ hr=Fair,256,48000,2222222

seeker/recording_qualities/Good\ -\ 1.5GB\ per\ hr=Good,256,48000,3333333

seeker/recording_qualities/Great\ -\ 2GB\ per\ hr=Great,384,48000,4444444

seeker/recording_qualities/MPEG2\ Max\ Quality\ -\ 5.6GB\ per\ hr=MPEG2 Max Quality,384,48000,12575000

seeker/recording_qualities/SVCD\ Extra\ Long\ Play\ ~\ 0.75GB\ per\ hr=SVCD Extra Long Play,224,44100,1725000

seeker/recording_qualities/SVCD\ Long\ Play\ ~\ 1GB\ per\ hr=SVCD Long Play,224,44100,2175000

seeker/recording_qualities/SVCD\ Standard\ Play\ ~\ 1.2GB\ per\ hr=SVCD Standard Play,224,44100,2575000

[jwalloga]

I am assuming the ~ indicates VBR and the - indicates CBR. If this is the case, how do I know the two parameters for the VBR settings?

[kny3twalker]

VBR is used with the DVD profiles
and CBR is used with the MPEG Profiles
not sure about the VCD or SVCD profiles since I never use them
recordings are too blocky for them for me

[jwalloga]

So for the DVD profiles, is that number the peak bitrate? If so, what is the low end rate?

[Opus4]

For v2.1 & later, check the mmc/python2_encoding property lines for the full settings details; the seeker/recording_qualities lines shouldn't be needed any more. The settings with vbr=1 are variable.

Also, here's and older post with an old quote about the settings.

- Andy