XMediaRecode... Levels and Profiles?

[smackyourfupa]

Can someone explain to me what are the differences between the Level settings the and Profile (main, baseline, high) settings? Thanks.

[Baldrick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Profiles

It's useful if you have portable device that just support up to specific profile and level number. Computer software players supports all profiles/levels but a higher profile/level may require a faster computer.

[smackyourfupa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Profiles

It's useful if you have portable device that just support up to specific profile and level number. Computer software players supports all profiles/levels but a higher profile/level may require a faster computer.

Do these settings affect quality? I mainly use XMedia to encode vid to watch on my HTPC (Zotac Zbox ID34). Should separate settings be used to encode DVD or BR, etc?

[pepegot1]

Go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.262/MPEG-2_Part_2
Scroll Down about 3/4 th of the way and look for a table: titled: Common MPEG-2 Profile/Level combinations
They do, as you can see from the table. DVD is MP@ML, etc.