2/9 A lot of movies I get from Kazaa or Bittorrent are in AVI format, and
I end up having to convert them back to MPG to burn to DVD or VCD
which is a big drag. Is there any reason why people prefer AVI instead
of the good 'ol MPG format? Is it the size, compression ratio,
quality, or other factors?
\_ http://www.videohelp.com has enormous amounts of information on
formats and converters. It's a bit dense with information, but if
you can figure out the very basics it's a huge help. -John
\_ Um, DivX?
\_ Yeah, basically. AVI is really (like MOV) just a container file
format. Lots of different codecs are often used inside the AVI
container: MPEG4, MSMPEG4v2 (which i think is like Divx), etc.
MPG files are usually only MPEG1 (VCD) or MPEG2 (DVD), and
compared to MPEG4 variants, they're much crappier for a given
bitrate. --dbushong
\_ VCD sucks. Get a player that can play Xvids.
\_ Mainly, it's the quality/size ratio. I use DIKO to convert my avis
to DVDs. It can convert to VCDs as well, I believe.
\_ Don't forget, Kazaa logs all of your downloads.
\_ Anyone tried eXeem? the "distributed bittorrent" thing?
\_ Size, compression ratio, and quality are all the same factor.
\_ Anyone here use Limewire? I really like it.
\_ So what're suggested p2p or bittorrent client for music only? Looking
for obscure world fusion bands, mostly.
\_ "They mostly come out at night, mostly"
\_ Your brain has been classified as: filled with too much pop-
culture crap.
\_ Aliens is pop culture crap?! I challenge you to
thunderdome, biotch!
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