Pixilated video what do i do

[kjphilips]

I am having trouble making a backup copy of the movie that I own. In experimentation I have copied Monsters Inc. using Smart Rip to my drive and encoded with Mpeg Mediator. I am using the new Div-X codec (Pro) and encoding @ 780 Kb/s also using mp3 encoding to do the sound @ 56. I have tried all the settings as well as higher Kb/s one pass quality the two pass and BB mpeg. I have tried flask and Panasonic however the Panasonic is a stand alone and will not convert the VOB files… at least with the stock setup. I have done other movies like the Holy Grail and they are fine. I have recently built a new PC my old tower was a beige box with an
Asus m/board A7M
AMD XP 1600
Win2k pro
2x256 266 DDR Ram
20 gig IBM Desk-star 7200 HD

I upgraded to a new case w/side window and cold cathode light
Round ata133 cables
Gigabyte m/board GA-7VAX
AMD XP 2000
512 333 DDR Ram
40 gig IBM Desk-star 7200 HD

I noticed a considerable difference between two copies of a DVD (24 with Kefir Sutherland) on the old system I had clean background in the dark and on the second new system I have blocky background. I then tried Monsters Inc. on my back up PC my Wife’s old tower that has 512 SD Ram and an AMD Duron 750 and the results were the same. Pixilated!!! The color is crisp and at a distance it is hardly noticeable (Monsters Inc. not 24) so I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
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[BJ_M]

its the cold cathode light -- they always screw up encoding .

[snowmoon]

I think that was sarcasm

[SLK001]

It's not the cold cathode thing... it's the side window. Encoders like to work (in fact, they work best) in the dark!

[kjphilips]

oh my!!! Well the only reason that I included that info was to hopefuly rule out any issues with the light/cables more so the cables because the light remains off most of the time and certanly when i am doing something that my require a power draw. please only serious replys.

[DJRumpy]

Have you done any encodes with the new PC that look fine? If you haven't, then chances are you've change your configuration.

If your seeing blocks/glittering in dark areas, then your colors have been converted from TV scale, to PC scale. Check in your encoders (I've never used either of those, so I can't help you there), to see if there is a setting to retain the original color scale.

[Nelson37]

Same movie + same method = different results on the two machines indicates something in software setup is different, make them identical.

Also, does new machine run at higher resolution or on digital monitor, perhaps? Does blocky movie made on new machine play back OK on older PC? It could be a playback issue rather than an encoding issue.