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Encoding The Animatrix
Hello ppl 
It seems that The Animatrix is the toughest movie I 've ever tried to encode. I 've tried tens of different approaches but none of them was good enough. So I 'm seeking for your help. Here we go:
First of all, which resolution should I use? Gordian Knot indicates that if I'm going for 1 cd (my case, i.e. 912 kbps), I should use less than 544x224. This is 60.5% of the compressibility test. Others say that I should use more because downsizing at anime is pretty bad, while others say that I should downsize even more (abt. 430x176) in order to have a better result at the bitrate given. I tried all three cases, all of them look bad when I preview the movie fullscreen.
Secondly, I have the dilemma: Which resize filter? Almost always I use Lanczos, but is Lanczos a good choice for anime @ 912 kbps? Again, I tried all resize options and only Neutral Bicubic SEEMS to produce a slightly better quality (less artifacts near edges).
Another issue is the Codec Options. Should Psycho Visual Enhancements be used for anime? I usually set them to "Fast" and never have any problem but I 've heard that for anime it makes picture worse. Then we have GMC and Q-Pel. I never use Q-Pel and I use GMC rarely. Now? I 've read somewhere that Q-Pel is recommended for anime. Is it true?
Finally, I tried to use some avisynth and/or virtualdub filters to remove the artifacts but they did more harm than good to my picture.
If anyone has encoded The Animatrix and had a good result, please post settings.
P.S.: Using PAL version of The Animatrix, no Interlacing problems. Also using DVD2AVI 1.77.3, Gordian Knot 0.28.5, VirtualDub 1.5.6, DivX 5.1
Greetz from Greece
It seems that The Animatrix is the toughest movie I 've ever tried to encode. I 've tried tens of different approaches but none of them was good enough. So I 'm seeking for your help. Here we go:
First of all, which resolution should I use? Gordian Knot indicates that if I'm going for 1 cd (my case, i.e. 912 kbps), I should use less than 544x224. This is 60.5% of the compressibility test. Others say that I should use more because downsizing at anime is pretty bad, while others say that I should downsize even more (abt. 430x176) in order to have a better result at the bitrate given. I tried all three cases, all of them look bad when I preview the movie fullscreen.
Secondly, I have the dilemma: Which resize filter? Almost always I use Lanczos, but is Lanczos a good choice for anime @ 912 kbps? Again, I tried all resize options and only Neutral Bicubic SEEMS to produce a slightly better quality (less artifacts near edges).
Another issue is the Codec Options. Should Psycho Visual Enhancements be used for anime? I usually set them to "Fast" and never have any problem but I 've heard that for anime it makes picture worse. Then we have GMC and Q-Pel. I never use Q-Pel and I use GMC rarely. Now? I 've read somewhere that Q-Pel is recommended for anime. Is it true?
Finally, I tried to use some avisynth and/or virtualdub filters to remove the artifacts but they did more harm than good to my picture.
If anyone has encoded The Animatrix and had a good result, please post settings.
P.S.: Using PAL version of The Animatrix, no Interlacing problems. Also using DVD2AVI 1.77.3, Gordian Knot 0.28.5, VirtualDub 1.5.6, DivX 5.1
Greetz from Greece