So anyone tried the Divx6 production bundle yet? I'm downloading the trial just now to give it a bash, I'd like to see how a couple of my DVDs turn out (both size and quality wise) with menus and chapters etc.
Not holding my breath, but am hopeful :) (would love to archive some of my disks on the network, but can't justify doing it with .iso images :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jeff.lane > Sent: 16 June 2005 20:14 > To: Brian Weeden; The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] DiVX 6 Released > > Thanks for the explanation. > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "hwg" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [H] DiVX 6 Released > > > >> Why would you have to do that, Brian? > > > > http://www.divx.com/divx/dmf.php > > > > Right now everything I have is in Xvid, which I love. But there are > > some nice things about Divx 6. It scales up to awesome quality > > (comparable to Apple's H.264 some say) and awesome compression (even > > smaller file sizes than Xvid). > > > > But what really draws my attention is the built-in metadata tags, > > chaptering, subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and menu > structure. One > > of the problems I currently find with my HTPC is library > organization > > and searching. I have to have every file in a specific naming > > convention for the software (Meedio in my case) to be able > to find and > > play them. This gets pretty tedius. I think there is a way to add > > metadata to regular avi files but as far as I know it is not really > > part of the standard and I haven't gotten it to work very well. > > > > Now, you're right that I don't HAVE to re-do everything. > But it would > > be nice to have everything in the best format :) > > -- > > Brian >
