Yep, I upgraded from Dr. DiVX. I figured, for $8, it was worth a try. I've been using mostly Nero Digital lately, as it's method of managing things tended to work out well for me.
Here's my thoughts: On an AMD64 box, speed is significantly improved. Some of the new options are very nice. Not many other thoughts.. yet. I'll try to convert some TV shows, etc. tonight and see how it goes. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Davidson Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 1:50 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: RE: [H] DiVX 6 Released 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 >
