When I rip a DVD, I cut the size down to 576x384. I use the DivX ;-) low-motion codec with the highest bitrate and mp3 audio encoding, and the result is about an hour of video per burned CD. The quality is stunning, and the res is a multiple of 32 so its all good.
ASF is suck. Once something goes ASF, its pretty much stuck there. AFAIK, the only english program that can open ASF's is VirtualDub 1.3c. The creator legally reverse-engineered the format, but MS still caught him on patent infringement, so he had to stop distributing it. That patent, BTW, is the kind of patent that feeds the families of Rambus employees. Interesting fact: WMP won't play AVI files with mpeg-4 video encoding.
AVI and MPG are the only decent formats. DivX ;-) is undeniably the best codec.
ASF is suck. Once something goes ASF, its pretty much stuck there. AFAIK, the only english program that can open ASF's is VirtualDub 1.3c. The creator legally reverse-engineered the format, but MS still caught him on patent infringement, so he had to stop distributing it. That patent, BTW, is the kind of patent that feeds the families of Rambus employees. Interesting fact: WMP won't play AVI files with mpeg-4 video encoding.
AVI and MPG are the only decent formats. DivX ;-) is undeniably the best codec.
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