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grennis
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_ 		16. March 2007 @ 14:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have 320x240 video captured from my DV camcorder. My question is the best way to compress the video for archival purposes. I noticed that AutoGK was encoding my videos at a larger size (576x432). Is this better than just compressing it at 320x240? In other words, is

Source 320x240 --> Expand to 576x432 --> Compress to DivX --> View

better than

Source 320x240 --> Compress to DivX --> View at 576x432 (expand on playback)?

Does it retain better quality to expand the video before compression? Assuming I don't care much about file size?... Or is it totally worthless to do this?

Thanks...
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celtic_d
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_ 		16. March 2007 @ 19:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Best thing would be to capture the DV losslessly at its native resolution of 720x576/480.
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