> > 1) Can TMPGenc or any other program equal, or even improve the quality of an
> > original DIVX/AVI movie? (anything above video CD tells me that I only have 30
> > days to utilize some MPEG2 conversion feature, at which time I will have to
> pay
> > for TMPGenc plus, which is no problem if it can do the above.)
>
> When you encode to a lossy codec (divx, mp3, whatever) you're losing data that
> you're never getting back. You can fuck with filters to try to clean up an
> image, but it'll never look as good as the original.
>
> > 2) Will any DVD player out there play AVI movies?
>
> Phillips DVP642, like I said. It's dirt cheap and kicks much ass.
>
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I assume if the original AVI movie is full screen (not widescreen) that is what you will get after the conversion. I assume you can't take a full screen/ 4:3 AVI movie and "convert" it to widescreen, or am I wrong? If it wasn't so stretched out, it would be fine..not sure what causes that "fishbowl" effect.