====== transcode ======

=== archives: transcode notes ===

howto - http://www.bunkus.org/dvdripping4linux/single/

<code>transcode -i /space/tng-biggoodbye/vob/004 -w 4357,250,100 -a 1 -b 128,0,0 -s 3.311 -V -f 25 -B 12,10,8 -R 1 -x vob,null -o /dev/null -y xvid,null</code>

<code>transcode -i /space/tng-biggoodbye/vob/004 -w 4357,250,100 -a 1 -b 128,0,0 -s 3.311 -V -f 25 -B 12,10,8 -R 2 -x vob -o /space/tng-biggoodbye/avi/004/tng-biggoodbye-004.avi -y xvid</code>

dvd::rip transcoding

(pass 1)
<code>transcode -a 0 -x vob -i MOVIE.VOB -w 6000,50 -F mpeg4 -A -N 0x2000 -f 24,1 -M 2 -Y 4,4,4,4 -B 1,11,8 -R 1 -y ffmpeg,null -o /dev/null</code>

(pass 2)

<code>transcode -a 0 -x vob -i MOVIE.VOB -w 6000,50 -F mpeg4 -A -N 0x2000 -f 24,1 -M 2 -Y 4,4,4,4 -B 1,11,8 -R 2 -y ffmpeg -o movie.avi</code>

framerate.txt example for variable frame rate (updated)

<code>transcode -i foo.vob -x vob,vob -f 0,4 -M2 -R3 -w2 --export_fps 0,1 -J ivtc -J decimate -B 3,9,16 --hard_fps --print_status 10 -J 32detect=verbose=1:force_mode=5:chromathres=2:chromadi=9 -y xvid4 -o bar.avi</code>

*** Ripping TV Shows ***

These are my notes from all the testing with bend on TV shows.

Some generic conclusions:

- Do a two-pass and force deinterlacing on a live-action show for best 
results if the show is not variable framerate.
- Do a one-pass with hard_fps dropping on cartoons
- If it's a variable framerate, do a one pass and force the input and 
output framerate.

Everything else documented revolves around those three basics.

* 2pass notes

The two passes on cartoons seems to blur the lines in every case.  It 
could be because I'm not doing --hard_fps at all, but adding that 
usually throws the A/V out of sync.

Without deinterlacing on a 2pass, you will see some horizontal lines as 
artifacts on *some* shows, not all.  It seems to be the minority, 
actually, as most do fine with just 2 passes.

For deinterlacing (on 2 pass), -I 1 and -I 3 seem to work fine.  -I 3 
has consistenly delivered great results, and limited testing proves that 
-I 1 works fine.  The only problem with -I 3 is it doubles the encoding 
time, so a one-hour show will take up to 4 hours to encode on two 
passes.

* 1pass notes

If you are forcing the framerate, go ahead and use all the filters 
mentioned in framerate.txt.

If not, just use 32detect.  Adding anything else throws the a/v out of 
sync.

You can use --hard_fps on both, though.

Generally speaking, 1pass usually will result in larger filesize.  The 
difference between one and 2 pass for filesize can be dramatic (I've 
seen from 20 megs to 200), but not consistently rational.  If a one-pass 
is working and looking really nice, go for it.  You'll probably end up 
with larger files, but save time and get good quality.

Overall, I'd say use the one-pass method if you can afford to be very 
liberal with harddrive space.  There are some cases where using it 
actually causes jitter, so the two-pass is better because it cleans that 
up.

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