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Sumo video test file Dr Divx vs AutoGK Vote what format to use.

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Herlock (2008-07-20)

Ok :)
BTW, while downloading..
SciFi-Sumo tell one more time please, how you are grabbing video thru TiVo? Have you HDD there? Is format of recorded video mpg-file?
And why you're using WinDVD software?
Step-by-step please :)
Wanna have a clear view at the sequence of actions.

Kemaran (2008-07-20)

There must be some colormetry adjustments using Dr. Divx. In that sample, the colours are more vivid even than the original. It looked fine, but I can't stand Realplayer, LOL. The AutoGK avi file was closer to the original, but it's hard to tell. Either one would be good, but for file format, my preference is .avi so I can pick which software player to use.
Regards,
k

Herlock (2008-07-20)

@SciFi-Sumo
First, thank you for detailed answers.
And second, yes i want to play with .tivo file.
Please upload one.

AmaFan (2008-07-20)

OK, I watched the three versions this morning.
My preference would be the AutoGK version. But I don't see all that much difference between the two. About both, I see no pixelization and no problems during motion (except maybe a whiff of it at some places in the DivX version), only maybe it could be a bit sharper (or have more colours?).
So I'm fine with you continuing with either, but: if Herlock can find ways to further improve quality and recommend it to you, more power to him! There is one constraint I would ask for: the files should not get much bigger than presently. (When SciFi did some 2GB files last Basho, sometimes I couldn't finish download before next day's was uploaded; and my computer's storage space is presently unfortunately not too big.)

AmaFan (2008-07-20)

BTW, another program for conversion you may want to play with (I use this one, but I'm admittedly not an expert): Avidemux
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/