Anyway...
On torrents and other file-shared DVDRips (and similar), I often see VirtualDub in the Specs more than other transcoders (like HB), so Handbrake may not for me after all.
Why use one VDM over HB?
Please explain the important diffs simply -- and use Einsteinian logic: if you can't explain it to your grandmother, YOU probably don't understand it yourself.
Example of the type of INFO or SPECS I normally see:
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INFO:
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.37 GiB
Duration : 1h 11mn
Overall bit rate : 2 756 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Writing library : VirtualDub build 28225/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 11mn
Bit rate : 2 362 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 400 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.328
Stream size : 1.18 GiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 64
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 196 MiB (14%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 512 ms
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