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Originally Posted by Kung-Fu Theater  Ah ok. So really, 2 pass is essential if I don't want to encode crap basically is what it sounds like. |
It's not exactly forbidden to do single pass encodes and the world isn't going to end as a consequence but in my view two pass is a must if you want satisfactory results on more difficult than average source material.
Some guys go overboard and do anything up to six passes but it's the law of diminishing returns and beyond two passes it becomes increasingly difficult to tell the difference.
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I'm guessing there must be quite a pony race between the codec heavyweights looking to improve this area. Would be nice to have a single pass that did it all someday.
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All we need are faster PCs and then encoding times won't be an issue.
I reckon anything under 20 minutes for an entire DVD would be the point beyond which I wouldn't even think about it anymore.
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