This is a must take for all DVD-rippers out there. Compare it with DivX - but this one is not encoding in Mpeg4. RealMedia is doing the same job yet better, keeping original shape size intact. The two walk vbr encoder will re-encode your DVD(vob) rips, Mpeg1 and Apple movies to uncrannied running little RealMedia files that posterior be stored on stock CD-RВґs or DVD-RВґs. Quality / Size ratio is much better then DivX. Even your DV-camera footage or TV-broadcast recordings look cracking with this encoder. Imagine you take a TV (avi) recording in 576 x 432 shape size and two hours in length. Use motion-jpeg encoders for this task. Re-encoded with 800 Kbps the end-result is stunning and it will fit on a single 700 Mbyte CD-R. Try that with DivX and you will be dissapointed. Encoding time is also faster compared to DivX. This program is little and looks cracking on your XP desktop. New transparant peel for Windows XP.