BD Ripper (3D Plus) Creating iPod Profile

[Designer_John]

Hello - I know that the iPod profiles have not been converted over to the new Blu-Ray to Mobile section.

so, I thought I would give it a try.

However, it is not working out very well. I know what 264 codec settings I want, and I have tried to edit the "x264_PS3PXbox360_Fast.preset" in the preset folder. But even though I change the settings, they are not happening in the end encoding (when viewed through Media Info)

From looking at other ipod mp4 files I have created in the past (through Jesterware or Handbrake) I know the settings I want:

cabac=0 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x131 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=64 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / wpredp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1993 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

For example I changed the line <Cabac>true</Cabac> to <Cabac>false</Cabac> but the end encoding still has Cabac enabled (reads cabac=1 in MediaInfo)

Any suggestions?

John

[Designer_John]

OK I have just about got this working - only thing that just will not change is the profile.

All the encodings revert to Main Profile instead of Baseline Profile.

Any suggestions?

I have copied in my xml code in case someone can say what I am going wrong. In one section I had to add some custom encoding options as they would not register properly. for example cabac and mixed-refs:

<GenericProfileOfx264Settings >
<Name>x264_iPod</Name>
<Settings>
<KeyframeInterval>240</KeyframeInterval>
<NbBframes>3</NbBframes>
<MinQuantizer>10</MinQuantizer>
<MaxQuantizer>51</MaxQuantizer>
<Turbo>false</Turbo>
<V4MV>false</V4MV>
<QPel>false</QPel>
<Trellis>false</Trellis>
<CreditsQuantizer>40</CreditsQuantizer>
<Logfile>.stats</Logfile>
<VideoName />
<CustomEncoderOptions>--profile 1 --cabac 0 --no-fast-pskip 1 --analyse all --mixed-refs 1 --direct none --no-dct-decimate 1</CustomEncoderOptions>
<FourCC>0</FourCC>
<MaxNumberOfPasses>3</MaxNumberOfPasses>
<NbThreads>0</NbThreads>
<QuantizerCRF>1000</QuantizerCRF>
<EncodeInterlaced>false</EncodeInterlaced>
<NoDCTDecimate>true</NoDCTDecimate>
<PSNRCalculation>false</PSNRCalculation>
<noFastPSkip>true</noFastPSkip>
<NoiseReduction>0</NoiseReduction>
<MixedRefs>false</MixedRefs>
<X264Trellis>0</X264Trellis>
<NbRefFrames>3</NbRefFrames>
<AlphaDeblock>0</AlphaDeblock>
<BetaDeblock>0</BetaDeblock>
<SubPelRefinement>6</SubPelRefinement>
<MaxQuantDelta>4</MaxQuantDelta>
<TempQuantBlur>0</TempQuantBlur>
<BframePredictionMode>3</BframePredictionMode>
<VBVBufferSize>24000</VBVBufferSize>
<VBVMaxBitrate>24000</VBVMaxBitrate>
<METype>2</METype>
<MERange>64</MERange>
<MinGOPSize>25</MinGOPSize>
<Profile>0</Profile>
<Level>7</Level>
<IPFactor>1.4</IPFactor>
<PBFactor>1.3</PBFactor>
<ChromaQPOffset>0</ChromaQPOffset>
<VBVInitialBuffer>0.9</VBVInitialBuffer>
<BitrateVariance>1.0</BitrateVariance>
<QuantCompression>0.6</QuantCompression>
<TempComplexityBlur>20</TempComplexityBlur>
<TempQuanBlurCC>0.5</TempQuanBlurCC>
<SCDSensitivity>40</SCDSensitivity>
<BframeBias>0</BframeBias>
<PsyRDO>1</PsyRDO>
<PsyTrellis>0</PsyTrellis>
<Deblock>true</Deblock>
<Cabac>false</Cabac>
<UseQPFile>false</UseQPFile>
<WeightedBPrediction>true</WeightedBPrediction>
<NewAdaptiveBFrames>0</NewAdaptiveBFrames>
<BFramePyramid>false</BFramePyramid>
<ChromaME>true</ChromaME>
<MacroBlockOptions>1</MacroBlockOptions>
<P8x8mv>false</P8x8mv>
<B8x8mv>false</B8x8mv>
<I4x4mv>false</I4x4mv>
<I8x8mv>false</I8x8mv>
<P4x4mv>false</P4x4mv>
<AdaptiveDCT>false</AdaptiveDCT>
<SSIMCalculation>false</SSIMCalculation>
<Lossless>false</Lossless>
<QuantizerMatrix>Flat (none)</QuantizerMatrix>
<QuantizerMatrixType>0</QuantizerMatrixType>
<DeadZoneInter>21</DeadZoneInter>
<DeadZoneIntra>11</DeadZoneIntra>
<AQmode>1</AQmode>
<AQstrength>1.0</AQstrength>
<QPFile />
<fullRange>false</fullRange>
<x264Preset>0</x264Preset>
<x264Tuning>0</x264Tuning>
<x264AdvancedSettings>false</x264AdvancedSettings>
<Lookahead>40</Lookahead>
<NoMBTree>true</NoMBTree>
<ThreadInput>true</ThreadInput>
<NoPsy>false</NoPsy>
</Settings>
</GenericProfileOfx264Settings>

Thanks. John

[Designer_John]

Unfortunately I could not get this to work.

Hopefully the people at Fab will get the other profiles converted over for the blu-ray to mobile option soon.

Fingers crossed