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Can Converting Files Improve Picture Quality?

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Koukol 5	Can Converting Files Improve Picture Quality?	Lead	[-]
Jul 1 12 2:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm wondering if converting an AVI movie to DVD improves the picture quality? Or is it best to leave the file AVI if my DVD player plays AVI files?
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MYST0		#1	[-]
Jul 2 12 1:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Glad you asked this. I have been wondering the same thing. I have converted flv stuff from YouTube to Mpeg and even though it fills a DVDr, I don't think I see much of a difference. My biggest problems with some of the stuff is that strobing, herky jerky look that I just am not able to watch. I wonder if there is a way to eliminate this?
Koukol 5		#2	[-]
Jul 2 12 1:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got a reply on another forum with the answer "no" however I'm not sure it's that simple. I think a lot depends on how well someones DVD player plays the file. Perhaps the "strobing herky jerky look" could be your player having trouble with a certain format like FLV or AVI. I guess experimentation with different formats is the only way to find out what works best for a certain player.
Dr Acula		#3	[-]
Jul 2 12 1:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't think a file conversion will actually add any quality to your videos that isn't currently there, and I would expect some lowering of quality between conversions. I would think it would only be worth the trouble if you can't playback a certain kind of file on your machine, so you want to convert it to be able to watch it on that machine. So, IF your converter can play all kinds of formats, and IF you can't get them to playback properly, it may be worth it to convert... but you'll undoubtedly loose a little something. My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
MYST0		#4	[-]
Jul 3 12 5:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I converted a .flv file that had the jerky motion to .Mpg and then it played back a little better. I am, however, convinced that trying to archive films from YouTube is a hopeless and foolish cause. While it is tempting to put a title on a DVDr, it will never be DVD quality no matter what conversion is done. I did find being able to watch a film and then deciding if it is worth having on a legit DVD is a plus. I just discovered MR. VAMPIRE on YouTube and fell completely in love with the thing. I just ordered a used copy off Amazon.
todmichel		#5	[-]
Jul 3 12 5:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The only gain of quality I ever noticed was in numerizing some VHS, the DVDs were slightly better. I'm unable to tell why. Of course, the VHS themselves, recorded in Pal system from satellite channels, were of excellent quality. And I just numerized these VHS not with my PC, but reading the VHS on a good VCR and sending the signal (via a Peritel cable) to a DVD reader/recorder. The results were stunning, better than some "official" DVDs sold in the video market. You can download the YouTube files with a free programme called VDownloader, and ask it to transform the .flv signal into .avi or .mpeg. The results are good... if the source is good of course. The problem with YouTube is that many of the files are bad, to begin for. Others can be stunning. It's just a lottery. If a movie, on YouTube, has optional subs, you can also download the entire file of subs in one or two seconds with GoogleSRT, another free programme. This .srt file is stricly synchronized with the movie .file (caution: I'm speaking of a true subtitles file, not the atrocity experimented recently by YouTube, with artificial subs generated by vocal acknowledgement(sp?) - this is a real atrocity, you just get "dialogues" totally unrelated to the movie. It's like a bad LSD trip... (and GoogleSRT *can't* get these artificial subs, anyway). Oh, just an example of the surrealist "artificial subs" on YouTube. Try with the Tod Slaughter movie "The Ticket of Leave Man" and near the beginning in the second sequence, when an accomplice of "The Tiger" is speaking with another member of the gang, you'll get dialogue about Cuba and cacao totally out of the context and nature of the movie. And no, no, Carmen Miranda just doesn't appear in "The Ticket of Leave Man" . Last Edited By: todmichel Jul 3 12 5:29 PM. Edited 3 times.

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