WinFF Presets Notes:

Thanks: BiggMatt, Robert Swain, 45Tripp, ss_j2 goha, Ramiro Polla.



                           These presets are intended to hit the "sweet spot" for each individual Codec. All the most commonly used Codecs are represented WAV,MP3,AAC,MPEG-1,MPEG-2,AVI,MPEG-4,H.264 and FLV. They have been written with a tip of the balance to quality. Fast encoders that give crap results aren't much good to anyone. IMHO With faster CPUs, cheaper and larger storage media, and better visual displays (Plasmas, LCD's) coming out all the time there is no sense in lowballing bitrates and sacrificing quality! --End of Rant--


General groupings:

Audio - Wave for CD use, MP3@160k 44100 Stereo, M4a AAC@112k Stereo.

DVD - NTSC and PAL full D1 frame resolution 8000k VBR Video with 448k Ac3 Stereo Audio. NTSC and PAL half D1 frame resolution 4000k VBR Video with 192k mp2 Stereo Audio

VCD - NTSC and PAL compliant with VCD Standard.

XviD in AVI - Fullscreen, Widescreen and Anamorphic presets, 1500k VBR Video and 128k Mp3 Audio.

XviD for iPod firmware 1.2.1 in MP4 - Fullscreen Widescreen and Anamorphic presets 1250k VBR Video and 80k AAC Audio.

H.264 (High Quality) in MP4 - H.264 tweaked for best quality results, Fullscreen and Widescreen presets 1250k VBR Video 112k AAC Audio. WARNING: Slow but worth it!

H.264 (iPod firmware 1.2.1 Compliant) in MP4 - H.264 compliant with iPod playback. Unfortunately not compliant with "iTunes" - thanks Apple!:-(. Useful for Linux and Windows iPod users who don't use iTunes.

FLASH(flv) - Flash Video for web use. Fullscreen and Widescreen presets, 300k Video and Mono 56k 22050 Mp3 Audio. Theoretically ready for Youtube without re-encoding. There is no rhyme or reason to Youtube's screening though!

Enjoy! - GMaq