Preferred format?

bubblehead · Post by **bubblehead** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:41 pm

personally, filetype and codec don't seem to matter much for my ability to play it back except for some rare filetypes. that said, i prefer avis as long as they're reasonably high quality (better than mpeg1). avis seem to have the best possibilities as far as quality goes.

aluminumstudios · Post by **aluminumstudios** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:48 pm

Yeah ... I've decided to go with Divx compatible Xvid AVI files for my videos which will be hosted at the donut. I'm tired of sacrificing quality just to make sure every computer can play them OK.

I've just uploaded the divx (xvid) version of Blue Mercury - http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... .php?v=914

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:50 pm

bubblehead wrote:that said, i prefer avis as long as they're reasonably high quality (better than mpeg1).

Well, that depends on the encode. I've seen some pretty lousy AVIs.

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:21 am

True, but MPEG-1 has a much larger size-to-quality barrier than MPEG-4 AVIs do.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:40 am

the Black Monarch wrote:True, but MPEG-1 has a much larger size-to-quality barrier than MPEG-4 AVIs do.

I know, but Bubblehead never specified <i>MPEG-4</i> AVIs.

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:36 am

"As long as they're reasonably high quality (better than mpeg1)" can be loosely translated as "Mpeg-4"