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brandonjp
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 05:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm generally an audio guy, but I've got several videos [vhs, tivo, etc] that I've captured onto my harddrive as AVI. AVI's are HUGE, what's the best format [divx, xvid, mpg, etc] to convert to, so I can archive them on to DVD or another dedicated harddrive? Most are between 15-30 min in length. Quality is an issue, but I'm looking for something comparable to 192 or 256kbps in MPEG audio compression. Thanks!
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if you want to watch it on a dvd player, you're stuck with mpeg2.
if you have mpeg4 standalone player than you can go ahead with xvid, or divx.
like audio too, video works best with 2 pass. variable bitrate.

it depends on the video some are hard to compress due to its nature, like a shot in daylight has more detail than a dark night shot.

unless you want to use quality encoding...1 pass encoding

for pc usage xvid is my codec of choice presently. realvideo 10 works great too.

http://forum.doom9.org/
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