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Adz
12th June 2004, 16:32
I've done a few conversions now, mainly my TV series discs to xvid. I use 720xWhatever for all my encodes.

Just wondering, why do people use lower resolutions like 640x* or 512x*. I realise that lower resolutions mean lower bits to encode the frame, and that 640x* is acceptable, but is there any other reason why 720 isnt used very much?

Soulhunter
12th June 2004, 17:33
Maybe they use lower resolutions to gain compressibility... :rolleyes:


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