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I was wondering is it true that avi files have a crisp image than mpeg?
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here is how you can test it: take an avi and copy it to mpeg and compare the two. and/or take an mpeg and convert it to avi and compare the two. i hear avi is better if you are going to edit your movies with adobe premire. but if you are going to make dvds try to get videos directly to mpeg-2 cuz this will save you time in converting to mpeg-2.
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WeezleXX89 said:
Depends on a lot of factors, such as bitrate and format. I think you're trying to make a comparison between mpeg1 and the usual AVIs out there in the P2P world - DivX and XviD - which are mpeg4 codecs.
So if you're asking about mpeg1 versus mpeg4, then generally mpeg4 > mpeg1. XviD/DivX/x264 mpeg4 picture quality can be very good for their filesize.
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Is an apple better than an orange? 
Mpeg-2 is typically used for DVDs. DVD players usually can't read DivX (unless it's specifically a DivX player). People can encode into XviD/DivX but if their job is sloppy, then it can look worse than an mpeg capture.
You can capture to mpeg and it'll look fine. DivX/XviD has the added bonus of better compression -> smaller filesize.
All in all, you can't really say does mpeg look better than avi. It depends.
Mpeg-2 is typically used for DVDs. DVD players usually can't read DivX (unless it's specifically a DivX player). People can encode into XviD/DivX but if their job is sloppy, then it can look worse than an mpeg capture.
You can capture to mpeg and it'll look fine. DivX/XviD has the added bonus of better compression -> smaller filesize.
All in all, you can't really say does mpeg look better than avi. It depends.
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Pretty much any format can look the same. It's all about how much space you're willing to use to that end.
MPEG 1 requires quite high bitrates to look good -- usually exceeding 10Mbit
MPEG 2 (DVD) requires fairly high bitrates to look good -- DVD quality is 9.8Mbit
MPEG 4 (DivX/XviD) requires medium bitrates to look good -- 3Mbit or so (though 1Mbit isn't shabby).
JigPu
MPEG 1 requires quite high bitrates to look good -- usually exceeding 10Mbit
MPEG 2 (DVD) requires fairly high bitrates to look good -- DVD quality is 9.8Mbit
MPEG 4 (DivX/XviD) requires medium bitrates to look good -- 3Mbit or so (though 1Mbit isn't shabby).
JigPu
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JigPu said:
since when is mpeg2 a constant bitrate? if that were the case you would never fit more than an hour on a dvd...
- Reduction Level for DVD-5: 84.4%
- Overall Bitrate : 6,225/4,980Kbs
- Space for Video : 4,084,102KB
- HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL Bitrates: 5,686/4,736/4,980 Kbs
