Yeah I was refering to the default settings. I haven't gotten into trying anything else. I'll let you know when I do.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 [email protected], "Bill Streeter" <bill@> 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 [email protected], "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 [email protected], 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! 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