I want your help for this one : Can someone explain me what the options does and when to use them. I know there is not a solutions for everything, but I want to know how to tweak the setting and when. Like that I won't steal the command line of others without knowing what it does :) Suppose the encoding time is not important and for source 720p and 1080p (23.976 and 29.97) (my target is the PS3, so I'll use only options that are supported). The goal is the best quality. --pass 2 (should we use pass 2 with bitrate or crf ? ) --bitrate 7200 --keyint 300 (how di I choose this one?) --min-keyint 2 (why a min ?, and how choose it) --bframes 3 (how determine this one ? --qpmin 7 (only use in no crf ? ) --qpmax 51 --no-psnr (what is this ? ) --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 6 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 12000 --vbv-maxrate 26000 --me dia --no-ssim --weightb --b-rdo --bime --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 (ok for the ps3) --8x8dct --aud (needed for the scenarist and Encore cs3.. why ? ) --nal-hrd (needed for the scenarist and Encore cs3.. why ? ) --sar 1:1 (needed for the scenarist and Encore cs3.. why ? ) --mvrange 511 --deblock -1:-1 --crf 20 --qcomp 0.50 --ipratio 1.10 --pbratio 1.10 --deadzone-intra 6 --deadzone-inter 6 --no-dct-decimate --aq-strength 0.25 --aq-sensitivity 0 --pulldown ( I used 32 for a test and I obtain : "Value of FrameRateCode is not supported in the BD standard" in scenarist)

@survivant001 You should start experimenting with PS3 profile. My simple tests showed that PS3 profile + --aud --nal-hrd --sar 1:1 works quite well.