What AEC Setting in DVD Shrink do You Like?

[TheRyuu]

I'm curious as to what other people use. I've basically used the default (Sharp) on all my dvd backups probably because I didn't try anything else (and it was the default).

Also, I think it's a given that everyone uses the Deep Analisys option so I need not bother asking that 😉

Does everybody use the Sharp setting, or do you use other things. I'm just curious also as to what people think is the best, and why. 🙂

If you vote, try to leave a comment too as to what and why you think it's the best.

And for people who don't know what it is:

When video is compressed, small errors or artifacts are introduced. This is an unavoidable consequence of video compression, and DVD Shrink cannot prevent this from happening. However, it can keep these artifacts to a minimum.

This option will adaptively compensate for any artifacts introduced by the video compression, so as to prevent them from propagating into the next pictures which are compressed. This requires DVD Shrink to dynamically decode and compare both the original and the compressed video, so that it can detect if artifacts have been introduced and compensate for them accordingly.

The default option is Sharp, which will tend to preserve the sharpness of the original video. This may be at the expense of fluidity or smoothness, where individual frames of the video are perceived to blend smoothly together. Video compression, like many other things, is all about compromise.

Thanks for your time 😛

 

[0roo0roo]

the more compression is required the less sharpness you should aim for. i tend to just use two dvds😛

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
the more compression is required the less sharpness you should aim for. i tend to just use two dvds😛

What program can you use to make 2 dvd's.

 

[0roo0roo]

you can split using dvdshrink. just select chapters, you will lose menu of ocurse. under reauthor. put half of film on each disc, put extras at the end if fit. some films just fit on one disc stripped of extras. then you just set shrink the dvd with main film set to still picture for extras. or use clonedvd which lets you keep menu while selecting chapters. this way you can have part of film on first disc with all the extras and menu, and the rest of the film on 2nd disc minus menu since theres no point in menu for 2nd half of film. theres dvdfab or something, but that doesn't give much control and might cram so much of the film on one disc that the disc swap becomes a bit silly. its best to have the disc change in the first third of the film before you are totally sucked in.