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Old 2006-10-15, 22:08   Link #55
DryFire
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Originally Posted by Gunboat Diplomat View Post
Here's what doesn't make sense. You have this new, more powerful encoding scheme so you take your series and you encode them into... a larger file size than your previous encodings?
I know in a few cases of dual releases the xvid is simply a compatability encode (i.e. fit 26/13 per dvd) while the h264 version is meant to be for videophiles.

Also if you gain more quality per mb, increasing the filesizes may be more meaningful.
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