Welcome to 2012, where we don't store our stuff on cdrs anymore, in fact not even on dvdrs or bdrs
Lets therefore welcome the next evolution, and step away from the past, and into the future.
After TV mostly moved to x264, it's time to do the same for the outdated xvid movie releases.
Make it up to par with the quality of most other releases. You all know how x264 performs compared to Xvid.
There is no reason for keeping sd movies so low quality anymore, and i assume most people would agree,
i know groups are against any changes, that's why they still pre CD sized releases.
x264 has become the most advanced H264 video encoder over the past few
years. Compared to XviD, it is able to provide higher quality and
compression at greater SD resolutions. It also allows better control and
transparency over encoding settings. With CRF in the mix, we can also
ensure that a diverse array of material will get the most appropriate
bitrate for them and not arbitrarily fixed sizes.
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 53mn
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 406 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2200 999b753
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.90:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=10 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.80
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 1h 53mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No