Is that comparing 3ivx to mpeg4 from isquint or h264 from isquint? Its not bad at both, but Id agree that 3ivx is a very nice mpeg4 encoder, its hard to beat it for mpeg 4 quality when the right settings are used. Were you using the isquint startup defaults or did you stick the quality option up? Were the better results in 3ivx quality or filesize or both? How about encoding time? Feel free not to answer if Im taking this too far lol.
I have a bad feeling in my stomach about 3ivx though. Its still not been updated. A complete guess from me is that somethings happened to the developers who actually made the clever bit of 3ivx, theyve not released a Mac Intel version let alone a quicktime 7 one. Anyway if this speculation is true, and 3ivx dont fix whatever is stopping their development of the codec, then eventually it wont be an option anymore. People should use it now if it gives you good results, but I worry for the future, next time people upgrade their computers or OS etc. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, it's a bug. When I tried it I had the same problem. I'm not > sure what was going on, but when I ticked the "add to itunes" box it > showed up in iTunes. > > I'm not impressed with the default settings. I get much better > results from 3ivx. > > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <steve@> > wrote: > > > > No its not a joke. I dont know why it didnt work for you, nor why > you > > are so quick to assume that things that dont work for you must be a > > cruel joke. > > > > Maybe you found a bug or it somehow didnt like your source footage > for > > some reason. Anyway I will continue to reccomend isquint because > its > > free and updated quite regularily. Even if you dont use it, the > > website can be useful for learning about any new ipod bugs etc. > Most > > of these things like handbrake, ffmpegx, isquint are all using the > > same encoders, just different User interface sending slightly > > different encoding options to the encoder. File formats that dont > work > > on one may work on another, encoding speeds may vary, etc, I > generally > > recommend people who arent 100% sorted using quicktime, investigate > > these options every 3-6 months to see if they could be saving > > thmselves lots of encoding time or what else is new. These apps > also > > help put pressure on Apple to speed up their own h264 encoding, as > > happened in recent versions of quicktime/itunes. > > > > If you enjoy trying different options then I suggest maybe having > a go > > with the newest test version of isquint, as they have fixed some > audio > > sync issues and other sutff, who knows it may fix your problem. Or > > just stick with the handbrake option you are used to. Just forgive > me > > for the fact that if you give the handbrake options as best advise > to > > people on this list, I feel the need to offer alternative advise as > > well, due to the handbrake option not being the quickest. If it > works > > for you then cool, and it certainly will get round any input file > > format compatibility issues, its just that because it adds > > intermediate steps that take time, its not the best advise for > > everyone. I see it as a last resort if ffmpegx, isquint or > quicktime > > dont do what people need. Its not wrong for you to offer it as > advise, > > I just cant help advising that handbrake isnt the quickest/best > > option for most as its strength is in converting content from DVDs. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve of Elbows > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <kunga@> wrote: > > > > > > I just tried iSquint 1.2.3 and it doesn't work. Says it did it > and > > > there is nothing there. No Resulting file in place I told it to > put > > > it. Is this some sort of JOKE? > > > -- > > > Taylor Barcroft > > > New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, > Futurecaster > > > Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley > > > URL http://FutureMedia.org > > > RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia > > > iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 > > > barcroft (gizmo) > > > kungax (Skype) > > > kungag5 (iChat-AIM) > > > > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Kunga wrote: > > > > > > > Yes Steve. The interface. I love the Handbrake interface. > > > > > > > > But I was unaware of iSquint until this post by you. I am not > always > > > > on top of the latest stuff. Thanks for letting me know. I will > look > > > > into it and hopefully become an iSquint convert. > > > > > > > > http://www.isquint.org/ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
