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Find settings and codec of a video file


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I have a video file that has great quality and a low file size. Is there someway I can see what codec it uses and the settings of the file so that I can use the same settings?

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Remember that some video types (cartoons mostly) can be highly compressed with relatively little quality loss. Usually regarded as pretty good quality is just normal x264 with Handbrake, but you could use a constant quality setting instead of a constant bitrate, or you could encode in multiple passes, which also greatly increases the quality. What you'll find in MediaInfo or G-Spot isn't always a good representation of how the encoding has been done.

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GSpot is pretty much dead, it hasn't been updated since 2007. I recommend MediaInfo instead.

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Remember that some video types (cartoons mostly) can be highly compressed with relatively little quality loss. Usually regarded as pretty good quality is just normal x264 with Handbrake, but you could use a constant quality setting instead of a constant bitrate, or you could encode in multiple passes, which also greatly increases the quality. What you'll find in MediaInfo or G-Spot isn't always a good representation of how the encoding has been done.

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MediaInfo is great. If you put the dll in the same folder as Media Player Classic HomeCinema it will extend the file information dialog to show all the available codec info. This can also include the encoding settings.

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And if you find MediaInfo is too ugly or not convenient to use, try MediaTab. It's the same thing but implemented as a Windows Explorer property sheet extension.

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Thanks. just what i wanted too. also is there a software which imports these settings/profile directly to MeGUI? if not to how about TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works which i use regularly.

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