General Information

This is where I'll keep all of the misc guides that has nothing to do with DivX or SVCD encoding, yet are important procedures to any proud ripper.

[Windows Media Video 8] This is a new streaming format from Microsoft. The only one who actually delivers and invests money in new codecs, and they sure did a good job this time. Quality is better than DivX at high bitrates and filesizes are 15-20% smaller. True multipass encoding is introduced here for the first time, however encoding is very very slow.

[Seamless Branching Guide] Seamless Branching is alot like Multiangles when refering to the .VOB structure, It is used in order to smartly fit 2 versions of the same movie in 1 vob stream. This guide explains how to properly rip only 1 version of the movie without getting repeating scenes.

[DXR3 and Windows 2000] This guide explains how to install the Creative Labs DXR3 card under Windows 2000 using Sigmadesign's Hollywood Plus Drivers.

[Telecine Explained] This article explains how telecine (3:2 Pulldown) is performed.

[AVI Merging] This guide will teach you how to merge 2 avi files together (even DivX) using VirtualDub in a simple, fast, and easy way.

[AVI Splitting] This guide will teach you how to split avi files (even DivX) using VirtualDub in a simple, fast, and easy way.

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