Starting Point For Encoding Bitrates

[ed klein]

General guidelines for encoding bitrates:

For typical XviD/DivX AVI's I would suggest you start with 600-700 kbps for bitrate
For DVD Rips I would suggest you start with 800-1000 kbps for bitrate
For Blue-Ray/HD-DVD/HD @ 720p I would suggest you start with 2000 - 3000 kbps
For Blue-Ray/HD-DVD/HD @ 1080i I would suggest you start with 3000 - 4000 kbps
For Blue-Ray/HD-DVD/HD @ 1080p I would suggest you start with 4000 - 5000 kbps

(note that these are guidelines only...it depends entirely on your source video)

[gonwk]

Hi Ed Klein,

Useful info ... THANKS!

G!