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Best codec for WD TV unit?

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soundnut

Hey there.

I'm planning on picking up a WD TV hard drive unit to play ripped movies through the TV. The question is, which codec would be good to rip to for near DVD quality playback with the lowest possible file size?

The WD TV handles the following codecs:

MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264),
MTS, TP, TS.

I'm thinking maybe Xvid, but is there a better choice?

Thanks,
Bobbo :-)

Follow Ups:

RE: Best codec for WD TV unit? - Gmood1 06:33:42 01/19/09 (1)
Hi, that is a tough question . I've used most listed. IME it depends more on the size of the file than the compression used. Anything below say 1.2 Gbs starts to lose its resolution fairly quickly. Animations still look decent below the 1.2 threshold.

Space is getting cheaper, how about just rip the entire Dvd? Unless it is a Blu Ray. Then H.264 or MKV looks great compressed down to 4 to 7Gbs.

I have over 200 movies on HD now. I use my PC to play them back through my TV and sound system.
- What I have been doing so far is... - soundnut 08:12:18 01/19/09 (0)
  I've been ripping to DivX with results that look great to me, and an entire 2 hour movie is around 600MB in size.
  
  I was thinking of this sort of thing with the WD TV unit, but I've been out of the codec loop for awhile, so I didn't know if there was something better out there now that might give me equal quality with an even smaller file size.
  
  Cheers,
  Bobbo :-)

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