CQ Value selected not right

A final CQ of 3.1 is equal to a Final_Q of 31.

I guess I should invest in a new set of eyes. Ok, I see it now. Hmmm... not sure how that could happen. I'll take a look at it. Was this the first time through the file?

You may want to try again using RB-Opt for redistribution and see if it makes a difference.

Sure, thanks. That may be a temp fix for me... but DVD-RB still needs to be looked at.... the problem I get with RB-Opt is that it doesn't extract the files that don't need the be re-encoded like DVD-RB pro. The encoding with DVD-RB goes thru fine... just the Final_Q: is not right (or what it should be).

I ran into another problem with Q acting funny It's the SIMPSONS_WS R1... HC for Redis... CCE Smooth Matrix Should DVD-RB see that the prediction is going the another way and go with the highest value Code:

Well something else is definitely wrong... because a lower CQ value should always result in a higher file size... no wonder the software is confused. How on earch could an encode with a CQ of 2.6 possibly be smaller than the one for 2.7? If it were the same I'd say it might be related to saturation... but smaller??? But... that wasn't the case on the first post. I know you are using HC for the redist... but what encoder are you using -- FFMPEG?

Yes but me=lazy...sometimes. Would like it to be a one click. But the fact of me doing that and saying nothing to jdobbs doesn't help jdobbs or DVD-RB

Well, just wondering. I never run into a similar problem with DVD-RB, but in few cases the number of iteration steps appeared to be rather large (10 cycles or so). Added: Which matrix did you use in the HALLOWEEN case? Perhaps the problem is matrix/encoder sensitive.

I'm running "The Simpsons" R1 right now with HC set to do the prediction. Any special settings? It might help if you mail me your REBUILDER.INI file (dvd-rb@dvd-rb.com).

It's acting really odd. The Q values aren't matching what is being passed to the encoder. Are you using HC v0.22? Try going back to v0.21 and see if the issue goes away... I'm about to do the same.