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Hain · 06-28-2008, 07:13 AM

I bet it was because they set it to compress the output to fit onto a standard DVD. That is why I never used it. There was something else, but I cannot recall the name as it is on my home server (shutdown till I get back to the States). I can't recall estimates but I am fairly sure I used Flick to convert 4 hours of videos in roughly 6 hours, then used Shrink to compress the output to a standard DVD (1.5 hours at maximum smoothness). I don't remember Flick taking so long when it was not set to compress things itself.

Like I said, use Videohelp. Their sections on converting X to Y are pretty extensive and they have long tables of tools all categorized by their functions.

EDIT: I would just like to stress the fact that when one "compresses" a DVD with programs like DVD Shrink, ratDVD, ShrinkTo5, etc, that the video data is not being compressed- as in lossless fashion- but is transcoded to smaller size in a lossy manner- video data is removed. How noticeable the lost data will appear depends on what algorithm is doing the transcode, also the time one wishes for the algorithm to run. The perceived likeness is referred as "transparency". Think of lossy transcoding as like looking through a dirty window: the less dirt, better you see the original picture, so the window is more transparent. Lifewise, the better the transcode, the less you perceive as different, the more transparent the transcode seems.

I personally use DVD Shrink to use a maximum smoothness algorithm, and do a deep analysis of the video to search for optimal stream bitrates.

In order for one to losslessly compress a video, they would have use something like MLC... but I haven't the foggiest idea how to use it.

06-28-2008, 07:13 AM	#99 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	I bet it was because they set it to compress the output to fit onto a standard DVD. That is why I never used it. There was something else, but I cannot recall the name as it is on my home server (shutdown till I get back to the States). I can't recall estimates but I am fairly sure I used Flick to convert 4 hours of videos in roughly 6 hours, then used Shrink to compress the output to a standard DVD (1.5 hours at maximum smoothness). I don't remember Flick taking so long when it was not set to compress things itself. Like I said, use Videohelp. Their sections on converting X to Y are pretty extensive and they have long tables of tools all categorized by their functions. EDIT: I would just like to stress the fact that when one "compresses" a DVD with programs like DVD Shrink, ratDVD, ShrinkTo5, etc, that the video data is not being compressed- as in lossless fashion- but is transcoded to smaller size in a lossy manner- video data is removed. How noticeable the lost data will appear depends on what algorithm is doing the transcode, also the time one wishes for the algorithm to run. The perceived likeness is referred as "transparency". Think of lossy transcoding as like looking through a dirty window: the less dirt, better you see the original picture, so the window is more transparent. Lifewise, the better the transcode, the less you perceive as different, the more transparent the transcode seems. I personally use DVD Shrink to use a maximum smoothness algorithm, and do a deep analysis of the video to search for optimal stream bitrates. In order for one to losslessly compress a video, they would have use something like MLC... but I haven't the foggiest idea how to use it. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\ Last edited by Hain; 06-28-2008 at 03:47 PM..