[MEncoder-users] Can't get enough quality with xvid

[Dieter]

> Unfortunately I have to scale it a little bit so I can see it 
> correctly in my dvd player.
> 
> The original video is about 1 hour and 20 minutes length, and its bitrate is 
> 1084 kbps, resolution is 704x528.
> 
> I re-encoded to scale to 704x576, but image in my video is worse, more 
> "blocky".

Perhaps you could letterbox it instead of scaling?