Thanks.Glad you like the guide.
If your using the XviD guide you can use current builds of Vdub and so set fps to exactly 10 rather than decimating by 3.
Your quite right, Avisynth is faster and it has a greater choice of filters etc.
I wanted to try and keep things simple and not introduce any apps other than Vdub.If you have the time people, its worth checking out Avisynth.
Mek, if you want to write about the plethora of filters available in Avisynth, let me know and I'll put it up on the site.It may encourage more use of Avisynth.
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Yes the levels filter is great when used correctly and can add a lot to decent visibilty in dark scenes when viewing in MoviePark.
I'm glad that particular build of Koepi's works fine.The build I tested had some severe colour bleeding problems in several films.
The settings you suggest under the global tab match what I show in the picture in the guide and are what I use.You can enable lumi masking to save space, but the results on quality are variable in my experience.However I need to test lumi more.
The quantizer settings you list are the defaults and they work ok.I just found that using the ones I suggest in the guide gave better quality-but this as ever is a matter of opinion.
Your right about not using Alt curve.I suggest in the guide you should not enable it.
Doom9 is the best place to learn about video encoding.When I get around to putting up a link page, it will have pride of place.
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