[H1PP0]

What are those? I see them when I try to download soemthing from clubbox.
Some of them have lower MB than others. I usually get the 700MB one.
but .. what do they mean?

[Tepper]

Low quality vs High quality? maybe? I dun use clubbox but thats.. usually what it means.

[oh so delicious]

LQ = Low Quality
HQ = High Quality

Usually the video files with the higher MBs have better quality... it can depend also on how the person ripped & encoded the file. But 700 MB files for Korean series and others are usually close to DVD quality rips. =)

[H1PP0]

dvd quality rips are the best? is it? Whats the best quality out there? and which file format is it in? ASF? cuz i know.. wma dont have good quality..

[Steph*]

For dramas, I find .avi files to be the best =]

[happyroach]

File format isn't exactly...how you determine whether a file is HQ or LQ. It depends more on the codec the person used. For the same file size, different codecs can result in different qualities.

If you're just looking for Korean drama rips, 700MB AVI's are good

ASFs are terrible.

[boka]

the highest quality would be the ones labelled with RAW or ISO... they are usually pretty huge though...

i usually prefer the DivX or XviD DVDRips though because they're dramatically smaller (compared to 5-9 GB) whilst keeping a fairly high standard of quality...

yeah as happyroach said, it depends on the codec... also depends on who encodes it and whether they're good at adjusting the codec settings

[awdark]

Generally, asf, RM, RMVB, wma are all streaming formats that look terrible. They can look nice but the ripper who ues those formats usually can care less about quality.

[happyroach]

^GOOD LORD I HATE REAL

And all these Chinese people rip things in Real. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY ASD;FLKJ

[awdark]

ROFL yeah rmvb is great lol.
The thing about it is its soo hard to convert that makes it so annoying.

[system]

I agree.
Haven't used Real Player or Real Alternative for few years now.
I refuse to watch REAL contents.

[Johnkim0822]

Actually, .asf is a windows media file format that was designed for dial-up or local network use. It uses a video compressor that was considered superior to all the other formats, because it allowed a variety of different codecs to be supported within .asf itself! However, as time would prove, the "Advanced Systems Format" flopped as higher compression was eventually enableled by .avi and .mp4 (quick time uses this format).

.avi stands for Audio Video Interleave. it's a format windows adopted as a means of simplifying their media markets during the release of Windows 95.
Most recognized, Divx and Xvid use the .avi extension due to it's high compression rate, and extremely high resolution capabilities. ^__^

.RAW, .ISO, .VOB, .MDM are formats that are uncompressed from their original content. For example, if a camcorder was recording video...it would be considered .raw; since it is directly writing it to the film...without any post processing. fun huh? This format uses the least amount of CPU since it requires almost no decompression, commonly associated with .avi or real media audio/video

It's true, ALL of these formats are capable of 1:1 ratio quality that .avi usually gets; but the data rate of transfer is usually soo bloody high it's not worth it; not to mention the load on your CPU if you don't have the latest video card with video post processing. (such as nVidia's Pure Video technology :consult your video card makers' manual:)

As specified before, LQ and HQ are different audio bitrates.
(Common rates are 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320)
As soon as you reach 160kbps, however; it is EXTREMELY difficult to even distuinguish the difference of higher bitrates even at VERY LOUD VOLUMES. the only difference is...I guess psychological.

As it stands right now, .avi remains the standard in audio and video. But at higher definitions, such as "HIGH DEFINITION", Windows Media Video (.WMV) and Divx's HIGH DEFINITION (.avi) are practically equal, with an edge if you have a nVidia card...with pure video and using .wmv

[H1PP0]

THANKS for all the info :]

i thought LQ and HQ were about the quality of the IMAGE not the SOUND. ahhaah

[awdark]

Hey Johnkim0822
You should copy and paste that into the video/audio codec sticky at the top.
It does a nice job of summarizing the formats in a logical and easily comprehensible manner.

[djjoshep]

im just wondering if johnkim0822 actually wrote all that. if so, great... but if he took it from somewhere, he should really cite where he got it... not because im a prick or anything, but if its from a reputable source, at least people will know that its good information...

[Johnkim0822]

Well google it and see what comes up. ^__^ if I ever steal information and take credit don't hesitate to bring it to my attention.

I deal with technology all the time...and I am usually helping my friends with this kind of stuff...I'm 18 years old and a super geek; so i guess that comes naturally.

as for it being well written...it's because I've written stuff like this for a long time. I even wrote a paper on it for my english class...but I failed it because the paper was supposed to be about significant authors of the 21st century...yeah...nice...

[awdark]

Since the question is answered, I hope its okay to continue this lol

Im 20 and im skilled at confusing people. When it comes to computers I confuse people even more.

I doubt its copied because it feels like regurgitated information grabbed from many sources. I just know if I tried that it would be like my attempts to explain things to people. Ill get the O_oa look

[Johnkim0822]

I love that look. O_o???

it's kind of like spaming...like that guy who questioned my post. ...off topic bumping? I joined yesterday...I really like this forum. it seems to have a lot of nice people.

is there anything else that needs to be discussed?....I think I am a little lost as to the direction that tangent took me to. Sometimes when I type about technology...i end up...going into entire histories of technologies that are totally irrevalent to the topic in question. You can't talk about processors until you explain the history of semi conductors...ugh..here I go again.

[H1PP0]

welcome to soompi, john kim 0822.

let me guess, ur birthday is aug 22th.? hahahaha

[Johnkim0822]

how did you know!?!?! I can hide nothing from you!
Hippo!? awwww your picture is really cute. I have to turn my head though...for some reason crooked images freak me out.

^__^