The original links to this are unsourced so it's difficult to know how much of an upgrade this will be although the poster did make some comments about the quality.
What can't be disputed is that this will be an upgrade to a particularly unpleasant thread, full of contentious crap from posters who have far too much to say for themselves. I initially wondered whether to request this was pruned to remove the unpleasantness but I'm now erring on the side of leaving it as an example of how NOT to conduct one's self on the forum. Anyway, enough of that.
This also marks the start of changing the format of my rips. I've long been a fan of the XviD avi, particularly liking it's stability & ability to play on anything, especially older hardware. However, times move on, support is now discontinued for much of the older software I use & there is no dispute a more modern format produces a better quality rip for a given file size. It will also make it very much easier when I finally upgrade from my trusted Windows XP. I'll also be stopping the fixed file size (2CD) as this serves no purpose & will in future be ripping at a fixed bitrate therefore file sizes will broadly reflect the movie running time. I'll be interested in comments, in particular from anyone who feels they have a compatability problem although do make sure any codec issues are resolved first.
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General
Complete name :Horse Crazy 2001 isoRip loverboy.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.28 GiB
Duration : 1h 25mn
Overall bit rate : 2 161 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.8
Writing library : libmkv 0.6.5
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 25mn
Nominal bit rate : 2 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.193
Writing library : x264 core 120
Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Writing library : LAME3.98
Ripped from a torrent DVDR. Usual thanks to the originator.
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