Best format

[dynaflash]

Personally I think the AVI format looks better when played on my 40" Sony HDTV then the H264 but thats just my opinion.

er, avi is a container, h.264 is a video codec. two completely different things. In fact, an avi can contain an h.264 video track so its odd to say that you prefer avi to h.264 . *confused*.

 

[bemt17]

Yea I'm not that great with whats a container and whats a codec but I'm not a complete noob to this stuff. Anyway I made my own preset in HB called my ATV and I set the settings to AVI with 3000 bitrate and picture settings at source maximum (post source scan) and thats what I've been using and it looks great on my TV and by great I mean just like if I were to put the movie in the DVD player thats how it looks but I am planning on getting rid of my DVD player and keeping my 1TB connected to my ATV and using it.

 

[dynaflash]

well, I am going to presume you are using the x264 h.264 video encoder in your avi.

i which case you do realize that avi has nothing to do with how it looks, right ? ... and that in fact by not using the mp4 container you are giving up chapters and the ability to use the ac3 dd sound track ? Oh, and true same as source variable framerate ? As well not let the atv use the decoding power of the nvidia gpu for playback ?

Just thought I'd mention it. But, if it is working for you then great.

Added Note: To respond to the original topic, avi is certainly *not* the best format .. really for anything unless it is all the playback device will play back (which is anything but true for the atv). In fact its an antiquated container that never really had a prime technically speaking. Do not be surprised if it is gone in the next hb rev.

 

[bemt17]

nope I'm using ffmpeg as the codec but yea like said looks like its playing from the DVD.