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Thread ID: 117571	2011-04-25 04:13:00	Downloading and making my own DVDs	Morgenmuffel (187)	PC World Chat

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1196887	2011-04-26 23:03:00	xvid is an MPEG4 codec. MPEG2 is used on DVDs, but will still likely need transcoding if you download the MPEG2 version from archive.org. MPEG4 achieves a higher quality of video with a smaller filesize. If I was you, I'd go with the MPEG4 version and transcode that back to MPEG2 at burn time. get the Mpeg-2, as thats what is used on dvds, although it'll need to be converted to a .VOB file to play in a dvd player Archive.org rocks! Most dvd players can playback divx/xvid without problem. I would avoid transcoding at all if possible since you will lose some quality. Yes, but mpeg 2 is the dvd standard, and i am yet to see an mpeg 4 look nicer than an mpeg 2. Bit rate for bit rate, mpeg2 is inferior to mpeg4. As others have said, mpeg4 supersedes mpeg2. DVDs use mpeg2. There are two parts to mpeg 4; part 2 is implemented by xvid/divx, part 10 is h.264. Blu-ray uses h.264, so if you want to "see an mpeg 4 look nicer than an mpeg 2", compare a dvd and a high definition blu-ray version of the same movie.	utopian201 (6245)
1196888	2011-04-26 23:24:00	I suggested the MPEG-2's as the mpeg4's have greatly reduced quality and resolution and are not interlaced on Archive.org. The safest bet to go for on there are the interlaced mpeg2's as they are only decent copies on the site. trust me, the mp4's and ogg,s and mpeg1's look crappy on that site and are some of the worst encodes i've seen. Thats why you were bashing mpeg4 in general in your previous posts. but mpeg 2 is the dvd standard, and i am yet to see an mpeg 4 look nicer than an mpeg 2.	icow (15313)
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