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1. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
Bill Hunt Feb 24, 2011 7:27 PM (in response to BJBBJB1)What brand of blank media are you using?
That can have a major impact on playability.
Good luck,
Hunt
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2. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
BJBBJB1 Feb 24, 2011 8:21 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)The only media I ever use is Verbatim. Have usually had good luck with that.
If you don't think my encoding settings are not out of line, I am going to try to re-burn it from the same image and encoding settings. Perhaps I had a bad burn.
Is CBR appropriate to use if you have the room? Can it create problems or is it usually the way to get better quality?
BJBBJB1
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3. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
Bill Hunt Feb 25, 2011 7:05 AM (in response to BJBBJB1)The only media I ever use is Verbatim. Have usually had good luck with that.
OK, one theory down. Verbatim is as good as it gets.
With room, CBR should not be an issue. As a test, you might want to pick up a pack of RW discs (for testing ONLY!), and try a CBR Encode vs a 2-pass VBR Encode.
Good luck,
Hunt
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4. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
Harm Millaard Feb 25, 2011 11:39 AM (in response to BJBBJB1)People often forget that the physical laser lens, that burns the pitts on the disk, may show signs of pollution, due to factors like dust, or old age. If you media are OK, it could be the burner or the player that is having difficulty. Try on another player and if it still persists on the same location, at least you know it is not the player, but possibly the burner.
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5. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
halfpint1210 Feb 25, 2011 11:52 AM (in response to BJBBJB1)What is your burn speed? Try slowing that down. I had a similar situation, it helped me. I've read that you should burn half the max speed of your media. For example, media=16x, burn at 8x!
Try that
Halfpint1210
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6. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
JSS1138 Feb 25, 2011 2:09 PM (in response to BJBBJB1)I know that 8Mbps can be too much for some players to handle.
That's actually not true. ALL DVD players will handle a combined video/audio bitrate of around 10 Mbps. The cause of playback issues is more likely disks that don't read properly in the player.
The solution is threefold:
1. Quality burner (Sony/NEC is a very good brand)
2. Quality disks (Falcon Pro are the best I've used, better even than Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden)
3. Correct format (Some players work better with -R, some prefer +R)
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7. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
JSS1138 Feb 25, 2011 2:12 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)Verbatim is as good as it gets.
In my testing of PIE/PIO errors and Jitter, Falcon Pro turned out to be better.
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8. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
BJBBJB1 Feb 27, 2011 12:00 PM (in response to Harm Millaard)Thanks for all the tips! I will be trying them out. I have both a Lite-on burner
and a BD LG burner. I normally burn at the medias' speed.
I will re-burn and try some of the debugging. It sounds like my data rate is not my issue.
Thanks,
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9. Re: CS4 Media Encoder - 7Mbps and 5.1 audio too much?
BJBBJB1 Mar 3, 2011 6:18 PM (in response to BJBBJB1)After re-burning and cleaning the original disc, it appears to be either a specific burn issue or a disc issue. The glitches seem to be gone, or at least they are not ocurring at the exact same place.
I won't be 100% sure until I watch the entire video and play some more with fast forwarding and rewinding, but it appears that the issue is not the encoding.
Thanks to all for the tips!
BJBBJB1


