Warp wrote:

> It's perfectly possible to make an AVI with the raw frames
> and encode that to some MPEG4 format, so why not do that? You minimize the loss
> of data.

ok.  What do you use to make the raw avi?  The old M$ videdit thingy?

> 
>   What quality settings did you use? If you use some 120 kbps bitrate for
> the video, no wonder why you get such an awful result.
>   At about 2000 kbps the MPEG4 video should be almost perfect (although it's
> a bit bloated in file size; usually something like 500 kbps is a good
> compromise). With DivX you can go up to something like 6000 kbps.

Well, i cranked up both the "Compression Control" to 100 and the data rate
to 6000 kbps.  Maybe i should try backing them off a little.

>   I have encoded lots and lots of DivX AVIs. I have some experience.

Cool.  What do you typically use for keyframe options? 1 per second?

Do you use the Divx "fast motion" or "slow motion" encoder?

dik

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