Again, I know its not anime related, but I know you guys, so I figured its best to ask those whom you know.
The episodes, when captured, were about 700MB in ATI VCR2 format, 320x240 res with good sound. I tried a couple things.
First I tried using DivX 4.12, doing a 2-pass VBR encode. This ultimately ended up with a video file that looked, arguable, better than the VHS tape (
Then I thought back, and remembered that the Love Hina subs I used to have said "500kbps DivX" at the beginning, and they were tolerable quality, so I tried encoding with DivX 3.11 low motion at 500kbps 100% crispness. I also encoded the audio using mp3 (encoded to 22khz, 16 bit, mono (My VCR is mono, plus mono makes for smaller vile sizes).
That popped out a file that's 96.8MB in size, and looks only slightly worse than the VHS tape, but still great quality.
THe question is this: Is there any other way to get a 22 minute episode compressed mroe without losing any more quality? Anyone?
-Gary
