[MEncoder-users] converting and subtitle questions

[Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Erik Slagter <erik at slagter.name> wrote:
> Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
>
>
> > I think it is much more common that a device supports "Divx" (meaning
>  > MPEG-4 part 2 with certain restraints) than H.264.
>
>  That is true for devices like DVD players.
>
>  Phones tend to support mp4 (and not avi, which you'll need for "Divx")
>  and h264 in it. BTW the container is mostly called "3gp" or similar, but
>  it's actually very slightly modified mp4.
Interesting. Thank you for the infornation
And this is good, because in my experience, H.264 absolutely kicks the
butt of MPEG-4 part 2.
I was told that the difference was not very big, but they were wrong.
The difference is huge.