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The Mad Hatter

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Oct 12, 2004
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I'm trying to figure out the right combination of settings to get the size of a particular series (MST3K) smaller, and I need some advise.

For those who don't know, each of this series' episodes are roughly 90mins long (after commercials are removed). So far, using the standard presets (Universal & AppleTV) they are coming in at around ±2GBs each. If it was just a matter of a few seasons, I wouldn't care about the size. However, there is a total of 10 seasons (including the KTMA days), so they would take up a LOT of space.

So my question is...

What would give me better results:

1. Universal + CQ 50 +Decomb
2. Universal + 2 pass (turbo) + ABR 1500 - 2000 + Decomb
3. Another combination I haven't thought of...

I'm trying to go no higher than 1.5Gbs (1Gb would be better) but I haven't had good results by using just the Size limiter.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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