question about resizing divx file

[qwop]

I'd just like to know if resizing an avi file will reduce the quality of the movie. I'll be converting it to svcd after. Thanks

[wolleric]

Of course, resizing pixel based material is always connected with a loss of quality.
When magnifying a video, you should use bicubic filtering, while a bilinear filter is better for reducing the frame size.
You might try comparing several resizing algorithms, p.e. VirtualDub's precise bicubic with AviSynth.

[qwop]

thanks for the info wolleric