Here comes a new version of my plugin package for AVStoDVD:
Only the FFmpeg VBR plugin is affected. After MrC changed this in the latest Alpha:
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Revised video encoder smart selection rationale: no more HCenc VBR 1-pass for multicore CPUs
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I decided to bring the FFmpeg VBR behavior more in line with the HCenc behavior. It works like this:
Like for HCenc the different encoding modes are automatically selected depending on the video bitrate. The bitrate thresholds are stored in the Registry, and the ff_vbr plugin uses these values just like HCenc. It also uses the High Quality parameters which can be turned on under "Preferences".
The difference to HCenc is that there is an additional "Extreme High Quality" mode which only kicks in if the bitrate goes below the Extreme HQ threshold (can be edited in the batch file)
AND the FFmpeg HQ mode is activated.
Of course these automatic mode decisions can be overturned by forcing certain encoding and HQ modes (can be turned on by editing the batch file).
All in all this makes the plugin behavior more consistent with the A2D behavior for HCenc so it is more powerful and also less confusing than it was before.
Another change is that the plugin mode is now shown in the title bar of the encoding window. This kind of makes up for the still missing separate VBR encoding log.
Download here:
https://files.videohelp.com/u/172211...D%20Plugins.7z
Cheers
manolito
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This kind of makes up for the still missing separate VBR encoding log.
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No longer true...
The latest version of the FFmpeg_VBR plugin now creates a separate log file in the A2D output folder. Please redownload if you want this feature.
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Adapted the plugins to the latest AVStoDVD Alpha 171109. The DSS2Mod patch was removed since the latest Alpha uses DSS2Mod by default. Also improved the documentation.