http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/ Engadget Comments for Ask Engadget HD: Best video encoding process to maximize quality & compatibility? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
Encode HD does, but I am unsure if it is what the author is looking for.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
It kind of does... you can add files to the queue.

I understand you mean, "I want all files in this folder - and I want them all with these settings", but your comment is misleading, its not like you have to screen watch until one process is finished so that you can set it off on the next. You can tll it everything you want done, then go and do whatever, and it will go through in order of the queue, which you can rearrange if you so wish.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 4th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/But they do 1 month free.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
However, these codecs can be hardware accelerated by almost anything nowadays but since I don't have a 360 and my PS3 is used for gaming I have no clue whether or not streaming to those machines will work. If you hook up an HTPC, and yes ION will do, it will play great and you get rid of disc load-time, commercials, trailers skipping discs and everything else that make DVDs and BDs a thing of the past :)

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The problem with the question is that he didn't specify Codec AND Container. These are two different things.

-Pie]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
any of the others have a nice suite of other tools that they keep up to date like MeGUI used to do?]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
oh, but i tweak my settings by hand per encode... you're going to have inconsistent quality ... or waste space (which would bug me) if you don't hand tweak it :-P]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
I have a Mac Pro with the Penryn 2.8GHz quad XEON and the PS3. I've never tried backing up blu-ray cause it seemed like too many steps and because I have no kids and keep those clean. And because I don't own Windows. But DVDs I backup with Handbrake with ease. I have a USB drive tried to the network and my computer plugged directly into the TV now. I tried the transcoding app called PS3 media server and that worked decently over the network. It was clear but slow.
Because I have the older PS3 (20GB) I tend to not use it to extend it's life. I found the Mac to support all my files without issue using Plex, the Windows version being XMBC. I'm running HDMI to the TV and TOSLINK to the receiver and couldn't be happier. If I could only get Netflix HD support, I'd probably never turn on my PS3. ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Woah, dude, I did a fresh install the other day and went to download Handbrake, I naively searched for "handbrake x64", but got my expected result..

But you say there is one?! Link?]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/handbrake-goes-64-bit-adds-many-improvements.ars]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://forum.videohelp.com/topic358185.html
This is just one guide. There are many ways to do this. This one just worked for me. Good luck!
]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://forum.videohelp.com/topic372380.html
This as well.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/for wmv's expression encoder is the best bet, you can import directly from the m2ts. Version 3 even supports 5.1 but can't select from multiple audio tracks. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
For TV with interlacing, I usually rip with the high profile preset in Handbrake, and turn on "Slow" deinterlacing. Make a nice .mp4 or .mkv container out of it and it's gorgeous.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
Most of the recommendations here involve Matroska (.mkv) containers, and while that's my favorite container, it's of no use for PS3 and Xbox 360 playback (assuming we're not transcoding with TVersity or the like).

In that case you pretty much have to go MP4 w/x264 for video and 2-channel AAC for audio (Xbox 360 won't play 5.1 audio from an MP4, only from AVI or WMV...but AVI is worthless for H.264 video, and WMV is, well, WMV).]]>Dec 2nd 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 2nd 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 3rd 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 3rd 2009 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
However, you didn't give us enough information in your question.

Do you want to preserve quality? Do you want to *re-encode*, or leave the original codec intact? Do you just want it *remux* into a new container? What does the PS3 play "too slow or too fast"? Are you locked into TVersity to stream?

One thing you need to understand... THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL SOLUTION. Every player has their quirks. But at this point, you cannot just pick one codec/container, and expect it to work everywhere... with the possible exception of MPEG2 in a TS (even then, dunno if the 360 handles this)... which is the worse codec in the worse container!

Okay, let's say you want to keep the same codec from the BD. Remuxing into an MKV is one possibility, but the PS3 won't play the MKV natively (using TVersity). However, if you use PS3 Media Server (PMS) to stream, it remuxes on the fly and PS3 is happy. Your best bet for the PS3 for native streaming is M2TS... and it's very easy to remux from MKV to M2TS and back without loss of quality (tsMuxer). But the PS3 hates subs, and only the only lossless codec it handles via streaming is LPCM (but you can convert DTS-MA and DD THD to LPCM with eac3to and Pcm2Tsmu).

VC-1 is a problem across the board, even for the 360. It MUST be in a WMV container, which isn't easy to do.

If you don't care about re-encoding, then H264 or the free x264 is your best bet. Should work on the 360 and PS3.

But as I said, Evaq8 gives the best advice.

-Pie]]>Dec 3rd 2009 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 3rd 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 3rd 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 3rd 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 4th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/Dec 4th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

http://photos.paolosmeraldi.com]]>Dec 12th 2009 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ask-engadget-hd-best-video-encoding-process-to-maximize-quality/
The solution I use to encode my video files is Monster Encoder. This is a state of the art multi thread, multi pass encoding engine. If you are looking for high quality you can get 720p videos or higher for your video libraries. The Monster supports a large number of input video formats allowing to use videos coming from different sources (camera,TV recording, DVD). I encoded some files on my blog at:
http://www.thehdstandard.com/encoding-solution/ you may have a look.
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