duartix
5th February 2002, 16:57
The DivX encoding Guide:
I think doom9 is still keeping the first part of the introduction when the encoding equation featured only 2 codecs.
There's two kinds of DivX codec now: DivX3.x which is the more well known and has been around for a while. It's also known as DivX ;-) and is basically a hacked version of Microsoft's MPEG-4 v3 codec. The other DivX codec is DivX4, by DivXnetworks, a completely new codec which delivers the same quality but is a fully legitimate solution and offers 2 pass VBR encoding out of the box. Since XviD is also an MPEG-4 codec I've added the XviD guide here as well.
I suggest:
There's three kinds of DivX codec now: DivX3.x which is the more well known and has been around for a while. It's also known as DivX ;-) and is basically a hacked version of Microsoft's MPEG-4 v3 codec. Another DivX codec is DivX4, by DivXnetworks, a completely new codec which delivers the same quality but is a fully legitimate solution and offers 2 pass VBR encoding out of the box. Finnaly we have XviD which is also an MPEG-4 codec and while in it's alpha development stage it offers competing quality to the other two.
The conclusion could also take some punishment :sly: :
So which one should you chose? I've tested the new codec for quite a bit and I'd say that if you're not into advanced tools of a Nandub, Fair Use or Gknot caliber you should at least give the new codec a shot. Unless you have the problematic hardware everything should work out just fine and future improvements may well be able to turn the quality equation to DivX4's favor. If you're a hardcore Nandub user the situation is a bit different. You know your tool and you can make rips that rival DivX4's 2 pass VBR mode. If you do not feel like switching now I can perfectly understand. But the average Flask user will get a significant quality boost by going DivX4, especially when you use 2 pass encoding as described in the guide.
I suggest:
So which one should you chose? I've tested the Divx4 codec for quite a bit and I'd say that if you're not into advanced tools of a Nandub, Fair Use or Gknot caliber you should at least give it codec a shot. Unless you have the problematic hardware everything should work out just fine and future improvements may well be able to turn the quality equation to DivX4's favor. If you're a hardcore Nandub user the situation is a bit different. You know your tool and you can make rips that rival DivX4's 2 pass VBR mode. If you do not feel like switching now I can perfectly understand. But the average Flask user will get a significant quality boost by going DivX4, especially when you use 2 pass encoding as described in the guide. XviD offers an approach to encoding similiar to DivX4 with its quality being a balance between the DivX4 and DivX3.xx's smoothness and detail.
Suggestions should be the object of criticism.
I think doom9 is still keeping the first part of the introduction when the encoding equation featured only 2 codecs.
There's two kinds of DivX codec now: DivX3.x which is the more well known and has been around for a while. It's also known as DivX ;-) and is basically a hacked version of Microsoft's MPEG-4 v3 codec. The other DivX codec is DivX4, by DivXnetworks, a completely new codec which delivers the same quality but is a fully legitimate solution and offers 2 pass VBR encoding out of the box. Since XviD is also an MPEG-4 codec I've added the XviD guide here as well.
I suggest:
There's three kinds of DivX codec now: DivX3.x which is the more well known and has been around for a while. It's also known as DivX ;-) and is basically a hacked version of Microsoft's MPEG-4 v3 codec. Another DivX codec is DivX4, by DivXnetworks, a completely new codec which delivers the same quality but is a fully legitimate solution and offers 2 pass VBR encoding out of the box. Finnaly we have XviD which is also an MPEG-4 codec and while in it's alpha development stage it offers competing quality to the other two.
The conclusion could also take some punishment :sly: :
So which one should you chose? I've tested the new codec for quite a bit and I'd say that if you're not into advanced tools of a Nandub, Fair Use or Gknot caliber you should at least give the new codec a shot. Unless you have the problematic hardware everything should work out just fine and future improvements may well be able to turn the quality equation to DivX4's favor. If you're a hardcore Nandub user the situation is a bit different. You know your tool and you can make rips that rival DivX4's 2 pass VBR mode. If you do not feel like switching now I can perfectly understand. But the average Flask user will get a significant quality boost by going DivX4, especially when you use 2 pass encoding as described in the guide.
I suggest:
So which one should you chose? I've tested the Divx4 codec for quite a bit and I'd say that if you're not into advanced tools of a Nandub, Fair Use or Gknot caliber you should at least give it codec a shot. Unless you have the problematic hardware everything should work out just fine and future improvements may well be able to turn the quality equation to DivX4's favor. If you're a hardcore Nandub user the situation is a bit different. You know your tool and you can make rips that rival DivX4's 2 pass VBR mode. If you do not feel like switching now I can perfectly understand. But the average Flask user will get a significant quality boost by going DivX4, especially when you use 2 pass encoding as described in the guide. XviD offers an approach to encoding similiar to DivX4 with its quality being a balance between the DivX4 and DivX3.xx's smoothness and detail.
Suggestions should be the object of criticism.