Family videos

[Lennon]

hello,

i understand this may be a little off topic but you guys are the smartest people i know :)

we just got a new mini-dv camera for home videos...what is the best codec and settings to use to edit and playback the videos on the xbmc?

we have been using studio 9 for the editing but i haven't been to happey with the quailty of the playback using the normal dv codec...looks like i have an interlace problem when playing thru the xbmc. i have tryed other codec's with out much luck. i'm hoping someone else is doing this and can point me in the right direction.

thanks for the help.

[Ythan]

hi -

i would recommend encoding to divx pro (http://www.divx.com/divx/divxpro/). you will have to deinterlace the video during the encoding process, most video editors should have an option for this.

the other option would be to encode to dvd-standard mpeg-2 format, this would allow you to burn your videos to dvds and play them in (almost) any player. if you're only going to play through xbmc though, divx offers better quality/compression.

http://www.doom9.org has very good information on all aspects of video encoding.

hope this helps,

-y