[MPlayer-users] Mencoder 2pass bitrate control

[jzaw]

On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 20:58 Europe/London, D Richard Felker 
III wrote:

> Also, xvid is not recommended. lavc is faster and gives better
> quality.

is this generally recognised or is the jury still out on this one?
I thought there was still some discussion about quality?

the reason I ask is cos I currently use XviD to do all my DVD backups

Zaw