Dan wrote:
| 
| > Also I watch all the mpegs at 200%.
| > It seems to be better at this size when I go higher bitrates.
| > (just judging by my eyes)
| 
| If the encoder is good to begin with, you don't have to use such a high
| bitrate (and waste lots of diskspace).

I used TMPGEnc to convert some of my 2.8 Mbit mpegs to 1.5 Mbit,
1.8 Mbit, and various other mpegs.
Judging by my eyes on my computer (PIII-700)/monitor (Nanao 17")
setup, I couldn't see any difference when watching the mpeg at
100% size (352x240).   But when I watched it at full screen,
1152x900 (or whatever Win98 considers 1megapixel), I could see
a clear difference in the "blocks" and fuzziness.

But for stuff I recorded off of TV, there doesn't seem to be
much difference, as the original picture isn't that good.
So for stuff I record on my Hi8 camera (or DV camera when I get DV),
I'll stick with high rates, and I'll probably convert to low rates
for TV stuff.

By the way, some of my friends use 10 to 20 Mbit rates.
That's one short song per CDR.. (^_^;

I have Kira Para Fire at..

  top.win.ne.jp/~doi/Z/sancha00-k14.mpg    (2.8 Mbit)  143 MB
  top.win.ne.jp/~doi/Z/sancha00-k14s.mpg   (1.5 Mbit)   75 MB

Someday I'll have to try MPEG4.

I also need to get a MPEG2 capture device.. and more HD space.
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Hitoshi Doi                                               Toshi Nibunnoichi
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel          801 tactical training squadron
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