quote:Originally posted by VCDBITCHES well since the majority of the files you find on the net are in these formats ..........blah blah.........
ok ok besides a real dvd....
I didnt no there was a better source than xvid or divx. what might this source be called?
you miss my point.. its easy and cheap to get hardware that'll play back xvid without a problem, no need to convert it.
xbox + xbmc + cat5 cable = omg
can get dvd players that'll do it here for £30, probably not the greatest player on earth but thats next to nothing. encoding from such a compressed and lossy source takes time and lowers quality even more.
quote:Originally posted by chiv dvd is the only source anyone should endode from...
What about DV? huffyuv? mjpeg?
Anyway, back to the original topic, just thought it might be worth pointing out that in some cases it's better to use the DivX 5 or ffdshow decoders to play DivX 3 files - if there is any kind of corruption in the file then the DivX 3 decoder will freeze, but the other decoders will display the corrupt frames and fix the picture at the next keyframe.
Talking about sources for encoding from, HDTV > DVD. FoV's hdtv battlestar galactica is a good example where they compare to SFM's DVDRips.
The codec list is good, I'd suggest people get 'real alternative' as well. It's a codec that lets you play back realplayer files in mpc without having the shit realplayer software installed. Good for BBC stuff
With these codecs, and media player classic, you're sorted. Although i tend to install moonlight odio for ac3, but that's habit. I really dunno what's best.
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Google, you fucktard
my fingers are so weary
of repeating crap
if its just decoding that you need why not just install vlc player? it plays every file i have thrown at it yet and i have no other codecs on my pc since format a month ago.
01-29-2005 11:35 PM
