Best 'changeable' codec

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:34 pm

Why mpeg-2? That's not exactly the format of choice for filesharing networks...

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:38 pm

Small filesize and still decent quality. Basically (once I get some web space) these are the files I'll upload to the net. My hard drive is allready being murdered by all the AVIs of captured footage and the NTSC copies I keep for conventions. Also I know a lot of people out there who don't like to download new codecs and I'd prefer if those people could still watch my video....like I said though....still need some bloody webspace (damn lack of money.)

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:38 pm

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2?

MPEG-2 I believe needs a decoding codec from a DVD program to watch it.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:20 pm

MPEG-2 doesn't really get any better compression than mpeg-1 at low bitrates.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:47 pm

I just use a filtered XviD for internet distro, and a HuffYUV for con submittion

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:07 pm

Zarxrax wrote:MPEG-2 doesn't really get any better compression than mpeg-1 at low bitrates.

Crap.....well there goes my battle plan -_- oh well, guess I'll just distribute on mpeg1. See, this is why I prefer AVIs, nobody questions DV2AVI or HuffyUV codecs.

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:28 pm

the Black Monarch wrote:I used to have DivX files set to 1-pass quality-based @ 100% quality. They worked fantastically; you could still see the interlacing lines and everything.

-__- why did you still have interlacing lines

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:30 pm

LOL

I didn't even notice he said that, otherwise I would have gotten on his case about how interlacing is bad (You know what I mean, REd0. Not bad for DVDs, but bad when doing digital video editing)

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:12 pm

Obviously, it was before I used AVIsynth, and therefore before I could IVTC. I no longer have said DivX files with their evil interlacing

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:23 am

...you really are stupid.

If they're DVD rips, "they" don't have interlacing, the DVDs do.