Posted by Bob on 11/15/35 11:50

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:59:32 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> Anyway, AVI is going to overtake optical recording for people like us.
>> Who needs all that silly menu crap anyway. I can burn 10 episodes of a
>> 42 minute show on a DVD (at 1/2 CD resolution) and play them
>> immediately without wasting time fooling with what the word "menu"
>> means.

> It is also in files with an "AVI" extension. But your last paragraph
>makes no sense. You obviously do not understand the meaning of
>the term "AVI"

You obviously do not understand my use. I am quite well aware that an
AVI is a wrapper. I use it as shorthand for AVI/DivX and AVI/XviD,
like most people.

>and have given it a new meaning all your own.

Not really. I was using a shorthand notation. I am not anywhere near
as pedantic as you.

>( And what the heck is "1/2 CD resolution"?)

I am very surprised you do not know what that means. It's used quite
commonly, like in AGK.

It means "half of a CD disk". In case you don't know, the conventional
CD has space for 700 MB. The newer ones are slightly larger. Therefore
"1/2 CD" means the space of 350 MB.

One method of specifying resolution is to state the space for a
certain length segment, like 42 minute episodes. If you had
comprehended my last paragraph you would have realized that I included
that in the specification. FYI, a 42 min. episode that fits 350 MB is
nominally 1,000 kbits per second for 720 frame width.




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