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Old 19th December 2008, 22:01   #2  |  Link
Dark Shikari
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexVS View Post
h264 AVC in AVI is a bad thing.
The main reason it's bad is because:

1. H.264 in AVI requires some hacks.
2. Not all players support these hacks.
3. All players which do support these hacks will support better containers, like MKV and MP4. Thus, the subset of players which support H.264 in a proper container is a strict superset of those which support it in AVI.
4. No known hardware player supports H.264 in AVI (AFAIK).
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