XviD Codec - Settings for Stand Alone Players by Turco


FIRST PASS

IMPORTANT: Every time you open the codec settings, always click on the bottom left LOAD DEFAULT.

Profile @ Level: leave "unrestricted", which is the default

right-click the profile @ level, "more ..."

1) Global Motion Compensation and Quarter Pixel defaults are deselected and that's fine (not compatible with the SA)

2) Uncheck "Packet Bitstream" which by default is selected (incompatible with most of SA)

3) Quantization type: H.263 used for movies on a CD (or low bitrate) and MPEG for 2CD movies (or high bitrate)

4) B-VOP's: 2-1.00-1.00 set (default: 2-1.50-1.00)

Press OK and exit the screen, you return to the starting tab

Encoding Type: put "Twopass - 1st pass"

At the bottom, where there is "Quality Preset", right click on "more ..."

Motion search precision: to "6 - Ultra High"

VHQ: put 4 - Wide Search

VHQ for b-frames Too: Suggested to always tick

USE CHROMA = MOTION checked by default, leave it checked

Maximum I-frame interval: 300 for less compressible films

- 250 for others (sometimes even 200 is fine)

At the top, click on quantization:

Trellis: always checked

other default values are: change in 1-31-1-31-1-31 2-31-2-31-2-31


END FIRST PASS




SECOND PASS


A few things to change.

Go and put Encoding Type "Twopass - 2nd pass" then next click on "more ..."

I-frame boost: there is 10 by default, put 20

Overflow treatement: where now there is 5/5/5, put 0/4/9 (good for almost all combinations)

press the OK at the bottom

At the bottom, where there is "Quality Preset", right click on "more ..."

At the top click on Quantization, and where there 2-31-2-31-2-31

set like this: 2-3-2-4-2-5 when the film has a good CT (above 75%)

set like this: 2-3-2-4-2-6 when the movie has a decent CT (between 65% and 75%)

set like this: 2-4-2-6-2-8 when the film has little CT (below 65%)


END SECOND PASS

Please note that the QUANTIZAZION TYPE (H.263 or MPEG) must be equal for both passes.