AMV Format

Toxie_punk · Post by **Toxie_punk** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:04 pm

Do people have a preference on what format they like the AMV's to be in? Would you not download an AMV if it was in a certain fromat like .wmv? Personally I don't like AMV's in Realplayer format just cause I don't necessarily get along with that program but I was just wondering if there was like a certain fromat that people preffered?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:15 pm

A lot of people instinctively avoid .WMV and .RM, from what I've seen. MPEG-2 probably isn't such a great idea either, as I've heard that lots of people have problems playing them back correctly.

LoST RaiNDRoP · Post by **LoST RaiNDRoP** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:21 pm

i always use .avi format with the DivX codec... although WMM2 --which i use-- only saves it on .wmv format, i always convert it to .avi... sometimes it doesnt work very well and i am forced to use .wmv. the problem is coz the file size increases and sometimes distorts the video. i myself download any kind of format unless it has the codec that i dont have in my computer. i also dont like real player coz its not cool and i had lots of problems with it in my pc.

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:29 pm

MPEG1 is the most used format from what I've seen so far, although more and more people are starting to lean towards Xvid and/or Divx (some did beforehand, but whatever).

I usually run my final-export videos through both Xvid at 100 quality and see how it looks, then do the same with TMPGEnc but varied with the KBPS, usually ranging it from 2000 to 4000.

Voices_Of_Ryan · Post by **Voices_Of_Ryan** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:33 pm

Pie Row Maniac wrote:MPEG1 is the most used format from what I've seen so far, although more and more people are starting to lean towards Xvid and/or Divx (some did beforehand, but whatever).

I usually run my final-export videos through both Xvid at 100 quality and see how it looks, then do the same with TMPGEnc but varied with the KBPS, usually ranging it from 2000 to 4000.

Mpeg works with pretty much any pc, so it's nice to use for those without 3ghz monsters.

Atvaark · Post by **Atvaark** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:05 pm

I only download vids that are in MPEG-1, DivX or XVid.

Reasons:
- I've got a Mac and WMV playback is a real mess.
- RealPlayer is sh*t.
- MPEG-2 makes big files.
- I'm a stubborn computer scientist, therefore I only support open standards. MPEG-1 is a public ISO specification, and DivX and XVid are implementations of MPEG-4, which is also an ISO specification.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:20 pm

ambroise wrote:I only download vids that are in MPEG-1, DivX or XVid.

Reasons:
- I've got a Mac and WMV playback is a real mess.
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- I'm a stubborn computer scientist, therefore I only support open standards. MPEG-1 is a public ISO specification, and DivX and XVid are implementations of MPEG-4, which is also an ISO specification.

<nitpick>
Meh, modern Macintoshes make use of a substantial amount of proprietary software

</nitpick>

Atvaark · Post by **Atvaark** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:07 am

trythil wrote:<nitpick>
Meh, modern Macintoshes make use of a substantial amount of proprietary software

</nitpick>

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Much less than older Macs, and much, much less than Windows machines. The foundation of Mac OS X is open source (you can even have it run on an x86 machine), and almost all protocols and file formats are open source or public standards. I don't make a list, it would be boring

Most Linux software can be compiled and run under OS X with little or no effort.

But I'd be happy to hear your arguments

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trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:30 am

ambroise wrote:
trythil wrote:<nitpick>
Meh, modern Macintoshes make use of a substantial amount of proprietary software

</nitpick>
<nitpick worked>

Much less than older Macs, and much, much less than Windows machines. The foundation of Mac OS X is open source (you can even have it run on an x86 machine), and almost all protocols and file formats are open source or public standards. I don't make a list, it would be boring

Most Linux software can be compiled and run under OS X with little or no effort.

But I'd be happy to hear your arguments

</nitpick worked>

True, the core of OS X is open-source, as are a lot of other components in the system. OS X is certainly much more open than older Macintosh systems, and definitely moreso than Windows (ack). I think Apple has done a great job of demonstrating how open-source components can be used to great extent in a commercial system, and I do appreciate their myriad contributions back to the open-source developer community.

However there do exist a number of things in OS X that are still proprietary -- things that I consider to be the niftier aspects of the operating system. The Quicktime and Quartz Extreme technologies are two good examples. I'm not saying this is a bad thing; there certainly exist good reasons why they aren't open. However, they're still proprietary modules that form critical parts of OS X, and that was my only point

I think we're getting way off topic

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:38 am

XviD, .AMV, or DivX, my comp for some reason dosnt like Mpegs... so i prefer DivX or XviD.. i dont mind WMV or ASF, RM's are a pain sometimes, and i dont even want to mess with Mov's...