Posted by Biz on 11/28/05 01:07

"dave @ stejonda" <nospamdeleteabusedave@stejonda.freeuk.com> wrote in
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> In message <dmd225$72g$1@news.freedom2surf.net>, Atropos
> <davewhite122000Nowdontbesillylads@yahoo.com> writes
> >> Anyone know why DivxToDVD is so slow?
> >>
> >It isn't - when it does the job it's meant to. I converted 1.6gb avi to
> >DVD in an hour, including the burn. I don't call that slow.
>
> Don't you lose quality doing that? Wouldn't it be better to just get a
> DVD player that plays avi direct?

You also lost quality by just converting it to a DivX/XviD avi in the 1st
place, so does it really matter? Most of teh divx capable players on the
market are pretty crappy dvd players, so many prefer to use a good DVD
player instead of a poor divx/xvid capable machine. Chances are if done
right you'll see little to no more quality loss converting th avi to dvd
spec mpeg...altough yes it is lowering the quality as well. Bottom line if
you are worried about the quality in the 1st place, you'll buy or rent the
DVD's instead of downloading overly compressed bootlegs....

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