For those of you who rarely check the articles section, there has been a major overhaul to the articles on encoding in Windows. Most of the information comes from a merging of adelikat and shinydoofy encode methods, and an addition of a custom x264cli recommended by johannes.
This main article goes over the new recommended encoding method for beginners, with some advice for advanced users.
http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/MakingAVI/Common/Windows.html
This article combines the old 'separate' emulator pages into one much cleaner one. It still needs some updating which I am working on.
http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/MakingAVI/EmulatorSettings/Windows.html
This article goes over logos very briefly. I admit its not the greatest method but its fast and works well.
http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/MakingAvi/Logo/Windows.html
Tests:
adelikat and I decided to choose a game with a history of encode problems (gunstar heroes) to test this new method.
This is a new encode of Gunstar Heroes that meets the sites 4:1 requirement. It followed the article exactly with a bitrate of 480. No other changes were made from the articles 'default' settings.
http://www.teamspooky.com/TAS/gunstarheroes-tas-arkianduski-newencode.zip
The old encode can be found on it's movie page here:
http://tasvideos.org/945M.html at 6:1 ratio.
Please compare the 2 and give your thoughts. It is subjective but I believe the new encode to be superior, not to mention smaller. (Day after edit: Or not, it is a close call in places, the higher bitrate really helped adelikat's encode while mine was restricted.)
Please give any additional thoughts you have on encoding settings used or the method.