What program do people use make a mini encode?

[jose408]

What program do people use make a mini encode?

Im trying to shrink so anime files but i dont know how.

[lemmingllama]

You can use almost any encoding program. You make a mini-mkv by lowering the bit rate of the video. Although everyone has their own preferences, an easy one to find and with a decent amount of guides for is Handbreak

[jobonline20]

i would suggest handbrake too, but i don't like the o/p video quality.

i use megui, little bit difficult to use in the beginning. look up doom9 on google, source for megui

[† L4ugh]

I would also have to recommend MeGUI. It will require you to have avisynth installed as well. Avisynth has some filters that can be used to help in compressing video, but the most compression will come from denoising. You'll just have to make sure you don't destroy all the fine detail.

Handbrake is also a good option, but you'll be very limited on what you can do with the video. I would only use it if you're looking for a simple encoder or have a really good source you want to shrink in size.

Another encoder you could look at in BENCOS. I don't have any experience with this encoder but I've seen it mentioned on several other forums.

[Rinkwolf]

Well I'm an encoder from minitheatre.org (the home of mini encodes) and like the people that stated above me, Hand Brake and MeGUI are the most popular. But there are others and add ons to those. Like Cyko (which was created by IOS/JIX) which is made to have batch encoding on HandBrake.

MeGUI is more advanced and harder to use. It's really useful if the source is not to your liking. But chances are more of the sources are already encoded well enough. You can adjust things like Sharpness, Vividness and use filters to filter out grain and make lines more defined. You can tweak the video to your liking if you so choose. But I digress.

Mini encodes usually use two types of encoding, one is setting a set bitrate to which you get a consistent file size but non consistent quality. Since not all episodes have the same amount of "movement" and "dark areas", so you can see where the problem lies if you try to fit every picture into one same frame. This usually results in using smaller bitrates for encoding like 400 bitrate for DVD Rips and 500 DB Rips (720p) to get desired results (but some times you have to go higher to get what you want). Then there is CRF, which gives you a non consistent file size but consistent quality, in which bitrate goes up on high motion scenes (such as fighting scenes) and goes down on low motion scenes (such as characters talking). I find CRF to be very useful when encoding Anime Films, since they are long and there is a lot of variation (motion wise) between scenes through out the length of the film that it makes it very hard to choose a set bitrate that will satisfy both size you want and quality through out the whole movie>

However, try as you might most of the output is governed by the input. So, if your source sucks then your mini encode will suck as well (not because it smaller in size but because the source is bad to begin with). Thus, start with a good source and work from there.

I personally use HandBrake and you can find a full tutorial on how to encode mini-MKV encodes HERE: https://sites.google.com/site/taumox/handbrake-tutorial

[junh1024]

Handbrake - If you just wanna make a quickie

MeGUI - If you're serious about rips and care for quality (assuming you put the effort in to learn about settings and quality)

there's also ripbot/staxrip/SUPER, though I haven't used them.

[Amajukiki0]

StaXrip best for mini new anime for older anime megui here some my video tutorials >. just first configuration maybe hard but when u finish config then with 3 click one anime

[chuck101]

I would suggest handbrake too for a start, here is a tutorial if you want to know the basics https://sites.google.com/site/taumox/handbrake-tutorial

[† Anras Rune]

Well, I wouldnt suggest handbrake...lol I'd suggest the Nightly Builds verison of the program as its much more developed, despite it sometimes being unstable. Tis worth the risk. It gives you the most options of any encoding program i've used and makes some pretty damn amazing minis.