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Re: [transcode-users] Re: Captured source to DVD

To: transcode Users Mailing List <transcode-users@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [transcode-users] Re: Captured source to DVD
From: Phil Ehrens <phil@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:56:32 -0800
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Erik Slagter wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 14:05 -0800, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> > > >Why are you using mpeg2enc btw? Special reason?
> > > 
> > > habit - I used to use mpeg2enc with older versions of transcode and still 
> > > use it.... I thought ffmpeg was faster, but that mpeg2enc was better - am 
> > > I 
> > > mistaken ??
> > 
> > I am not convinced that mpeg2enc is better. See this:
> > 
> > http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode?FFmpeg_Vs._Mpeg2enc
> > 
> > And because ffmpeg is so much faster, it is possible to apply
> > filters (like denoising) and have the encode actually finish
> > in a human lifetime.
> 
> Yeah, common practise. In a certain community where everybody
> has 0% knowledge of digital multimedia, there is always one person
> that has 1% knowledge. Everything this guy says is "the truth".
> The worst part is that these stories tend to spread and live
> forever, while nobody knows where they came from.

Where can I find Mr. 1%? I sure would like to pick his brains
on some of this stuff...

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