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Which format do I use?

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  • 19-08-2009 9:29pm
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    Random
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    Right, I'm recording from my Sky+ box onto my PC using a Mercury TV Card.

    The various recording formats I have on option are:
    MPEG1 ** this seems average **
    MPEG2 ** this seems average **
    VCD (352x240)
    SVCD (480x480)
    DVD (720x480)
    OTHER (320x240)
    AVI ** this appears to be raw format .. this is far too big! **
    MS-MPEG4 (320x240) ** this option is greyed out **

    I can also chose Bitrate (higher is better?????).

    Then I can chose these under capture settings:
    Stream format YUY2 / RGB555 / UYVY
    Output Size 320x240 / 352x240 / 640x240 / 640x480 / 720x480

    Basically I'm looking for something with a similair quality to the popular DIVX files you may download off the internet. Something that is decent enough for me to rewatch as close to the quality of the Sky+ box as possible.

    Any information or thoughts here are welcomed please :)


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    TommyGun
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭TommyGun


    DVD (720x480)
    High bitrate is better.

    This will be better than divx if the bitrate is high.


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    #3
    Random
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    But that's going to mean massive filesize isn't it?


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    TommyGun
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭TommyGun


    but the quality should be upto dvd standard .


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    #5
    Benandonner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Benandonner


    Use Erightsoft super (free program) to encode the files to AVI/XVID. No loss in quality.

    30mins @ DVD qual = 1gb
    30mins @ AVI/XVID = 200mb


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