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Old 12th November 2004, 12:24   #8  |  Link
thoralf
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Why on earth would one convert divx3.11 to mpeg4?
Admittedely, msmpeg4 was the first codec that allowed reasonably good looking DVD backups. Then again, it's quite ancient nowadays and quality-wise definitely not on par with xvid or h264. In addition, it would even make our favourite mpeg4-codec looking bad - a native mpeg4-encode will look definitely better than a transcoded one.
By converting those files to mpeg4, one would gain no quality boost at all, and most standalone DVD players are capable of decoding divx3 directly. I just don't get the point of this ...
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