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Gaia · 25th October 2003, 14:59

I did my own test with my bran new 32" TV.

I encoded Matrix Reloaded with RV9 EHQ, latest DivX Beta and XviD api3. Used bitrate was 1200. I did short of blind test. RV9 was very easy to spot, it looked too blurry and kind of unnatural. Also RV9 EHQ is too slow for my old cpu. DivX and XviD looked both really good. Hard to say wich is better but because latest DivX beta is still too slow(if i use "best" settings") for my Duron so winner is XviD. Quality is very good and detailed. Speed is decent too.

This test proves me lot more than any mathematical crap.

I just wanted see what is best for me and my hardware. I am not saying XviD is the best codec for everybody.

Sagittaire your results are very strange. Especially audio and containers. You need to have lots of codecs installed if you want to watch RV9 mkv files. How you can say that's the best solution?
For normal PC users(i am not talking about geeks) avi+mp3 is still best solution. All you need to do is install ffdshow.

You and Sirber might be only people who says RA8 Cook 64~96 is a winner.

Everybody should forget these damn tests and use what suits best for their needs.

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Gaia Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 267	I did my own test with my bran new 32" TV. I encoded Matrix Reloaded with RV9 EHQ, latest DivX Beta and XviD api3. Used bitrate was 1200. I did short of blind test. RV9 was very easy to spot, it looked too blurry and kind of unnatural. Also RV9 EHQ is too slow for my old cpu. DivX and XviD looked both really good. Hard to say wich is better but because latest DivX beta is still too slow(if i use "best" settings") for my Duron so winner is XviD. Quality is very good and detailed. Speed is decent too. This test proves me lot more than any mathematical crap. I just wanted see what is best for me and my hardware. I am not saying XviD is the best codec for everybody. Sagittaire your results are very strange. Especially audio and containers. You need to have lots of codecs installed if you want to watch RV9 mkv files. How you can say that's the best solution? For normal PC users(i am not talking about geeks) avi+mp3 is still best solution. All you need to do is install ffdshow. You and Sirber might be only people who says RA8 Cook 64~96 is a winner. Everybody should forget these damn tests and use what suits best for their needs. Last edited by Gaia; 25th October 2003 at 15:11.