Can ffdshow yield better image quality then DivX or XviD?

The title says it all:
Can you achieve a better visual quality with ffdshow compared to DivX and XviD using quot;bestquot; post processing effects? Is there some kind of motion compensation for e.g. pan shots?
Thanks!

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Just keep postprocessing off, makes no sense at all. Better learn how to properly encode the video or tell ppl you get encodes from to do so. Especially ppl using DivX seem to think they do good work with their encodes as they don't see the crappiness of their video because the DivX Decoder has Deblocking always on per default.

If you want motion compensation maybe try a temporal smoother or similar.

Interesting! What's a quot;temporal smootherquot; and where can I get one? I know Trimension (from WinDVD, where it unforunately never really worked), is that the same idea?

i like ffdshow's ability to add sharpness, which you cant do with divx

no visual quality lost with low percentage of mplayer post-processing as much as i see.
sharpness can be very nice indeed.
also, if you don't like the default filters you can just use avisynth with ffdshow

Since nobody have the time to encode everything and/or teach everyone to encode in the right way, post-processing makes life much easier.....

I find that tend to use Levels alot.....
and sometimes Warpsharp too...
It's pretty much just a matter of personal taste....

...and what about ffdshow ENCODING quality ?

Originally Posted by PatchWorKs...and what about ffdshow ENCODING quality ?

I believe - pure XviD or DivX is better way!