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kc27

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9. June 2009 @ 06:23

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Hello All

I've tested Auto Gordian Knot (AGK) and Clone DVD Mobile on the same 1:41 minute file.
AGK takes 5 hours 24 minutes
CloneDVD Mobile takes 1 hour 54 minutes

I cannot see a difference between the quality of the two avi files. Are there any settings I can make to get AGK closer to the CloneDVD Mobile processing time?

Any ideas on this would be appreciated.

Here are some specs and settings:

PC Specs
OS: Windows XP Home, Service Pack 3
Direct X: 9.0c
Processor: Pentium 4, 2400 MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8SQ800
Motherboard Chipset: SiS 655
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (512 MB)
3D Accelerator: nVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP
Audio Adapter: Realtek ALC650 @ SiS 7012 Audio Device

AGK Settings and Resulting AVI
No subtitles
Quality setting 75
Output Resolution: Autowidth
Output Audio Type: VBR MP3 144kbps
Codec XVID (XVID on my PC is Xvid-1.2.1-04122008 _Final Release_)

Resulting AVI after 5:24 processing
720 x 544
133 kbps
1.77 gb

CloneDVD Mobile Settings and Resulting AVI
Resolution: 720 x 540
Video Quality: 23
1 pass encoding

Resulting AVI after 1:54 minutes processing
720 x 540
128 kbps
1.57 gb

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attar

AfterDawn Addict

9. June 2009 @ 10:08

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AGK Settings
Quality setting 75

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CloneDVD
Video Quality: 23

See if changing the AGK Quality setting to match CloneDVD makes a difference - I haven't used CloneDVD.

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MysticE

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9. June 2009 @ 15:29

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These kind of questions always confuse me.

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I cannot see a difference between the quality of the two avi files.

Then just use CloneDVD Mobile and be done with it.

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kc27

Newbie

9. June 2009 @ 16:12

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AGK quality setting range is 10 to 100
CloneDVD Mobile quality setting range is 10 to 166 - so a setting in one does not necessarily match the other.

I set the quality settings of the two programs so that each would produce an avi of approximately the same size (that's why the two quality setting numbers do not match. Is it incorrect to assume similar size avi's have the same amount of compression? That's why I assume the quality appears to me similar between the two files.

So if the original files start out the same, and are compressed to approximately the same degree by both programs, is there a reason why one program takes so much longer to do the compression than the other.

If I am making incorrect assumptions here re: the compression of the files, please set me straight.

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attar

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9. June 2009 @ 18:59

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AGK, if you set the output size, it does two passes to ensure the target is reached.
If you set 'Target Quality' it does one pass - and is certainly faster.
But as to comparing the two programs - I have nothing to offer.

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