DivX 5.0.2 Pro

[benderman]

I normaly use the M$MPEG4V2-codec, but I wanna try the new "DivX 5.0.2 Pro". Which version should I use? The standard or the pro (adware)? What tools should I use for best results. VirtualDUB ore what else?

[khp]

Hi bender

The standard version is close to identical to divx4 qualitywise. So I would suggest going for the pro version, use B-frames and gmc, Q-pel is know to produce artifacts at low bitrates. For encoding I prefer to use GKnot 0.26, if you want total control of all the encoding paremeters you will ofcause need to load the avs into virtualdub yourself. But I can't recommend using any of the deinterlace/noisereduction/chop/resize crap, that has been build into the divx5 encoder, so automatic encoding from GKnot seems to work just great.

[khp]

Ohhh one other thing ...

The Psychovisual Enhancement sounds like an interresting feature, at first I was sceptical of this feature, but after reading Gej's DivX Encoding Guidelines (http://www.divx.com/support/guides/guide.php?gid=1), it seems like a sound idear. But I haven't test this much myself.