![]() In the end, the codec chosen depends largely on how it's used. You can have high quality avi files, but at a much larger file size. ![]() It's just hard in this era of HD material, for many of us to understand how you can't see the difference in file types. In any event, if what you have is working for you, stick with it. I have numerous avi files as well, with my viewing being displayed on a 42" 720P plasma screen, and while the avi files look ok, mkv/mp4 files of similar quality are often much smaller in size. Video quality is going to be a byproduct of the source material, how it's encoded, and how it's being viewed. Most media players have keyboard shortcuts. Besides I've got a massive collection of avis and a player that plays them perfectly so I'm not motivated to change. So I don't really see a compelling reason to change. Paramount for me is keyboard functionality because I'm a keyboard guy.Īs far as encoding with inferior codecs I know with mp4 & mkv you get higher quality in a smaller filesize but when I watch an xvid file I really don't see a difference so don't know why it's "inferior" They look perfect to me and play on all my devices. And please don't say vlc player because I really don't like it. Deliberately encoding with inferior codecs into inferior containers just for the benefit of one out of date player would seem to be taking things a tad too far, especially when there are perfectly suitable and free replacements available for download on the internet. I know it's hard, but I suggest you move on. If the VideoHelp info is correct, bsplayer hasn't been updated in over a year, and the updates it did get were relatively minor. Hopefully bsplayer will be fixed to face the new reality by then. Things are already moving in that direction. I realize it's only a matter of time before xvid is completely abandoned by the major uploaders and it's going to get harder to find quality xvid uploads as a lot of the major encoders move to strictly mp4 and mkv encodes. I would prefer to use either mp4 or mkv because I know they're better but bsplayer really is better than VLC and any other players I've tried. I contacted the developer about it years ago but they still haven't fixed it. ![]() The only problem is bsplayer doesn't fast forward or rewind mp4 or mkv very well. The reason I use avi is because my favorite video player is bsplayer because it has excellent keyboard functionality and it basically plays everything including audio formats. a divx player may or may not be able to play xvid and it works the same way the other way around. A full MPEG4 decoder should be able to play them both. The only reason to use either xvid or divx is because you're stuck with an old device that can only play those types of files. Videopad doesn't allow you to que a list of files at all restricting you to one file at a time, same with avidemux. WinAVI uses the resolution of the first file in a que ignoring the actual resolutions of all files after the first one. Wondershare is just so much faster and does a vastly superior job of cropping videos and will even handle a list of videos with different resolutions properly. It doesn't let me specify a file size which I can do with WinAVI and AVIdemux but for the few I NEED to do this for I'm just using WinAVI currently. It generally will convert 3 2 hour videos in around 10-12 minutes so 3-4 minutes per basically. So all in all in my experience Wondershare is by far the most efficient and VASTLY faster than anything I've come across taking about a third of the time for a conversion. WinAVI also uses about 30-35%, Videopad uses 65-70% of the cpu's cycles but takes a long time to complete an encode, Freemake uses 40-55% and takes a long time for a conversion. Most of them do not utilize the full capacity of the cpu when encoding. Wondershare is the first one I've come across that can actually encode multiples and optimize a modern cpu's capabilities. I've tried some others as well but found them wanting so didn't continue my use of them. Less than 5 minutes for a 2 hour movie for example.įreemake Video Converter takes about 17 minutes for the same file, WinAVI takes about 12-15 minutes, Videopad takes a little longer, Avidemux takes quite a bit longer than that even. It's also incredibly fast at completing it's function. Encoding 3 at a time utilizes 100% of my cpu's cycles and optimizes time. Wondershare maxes out at about 30-35% if I encode one video at a time. I've used quite a few different encoding apps and none of them that I've used utilize the full capacity of my processor.
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