Quality of files

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Quality of files

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What does "high quality files mean" for extraction? The faq does not specify this

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It's kind of a subjective thing, but an overly compressed jpeg image is not a "high quality image".

The general mantra applies here: you put junk in, you'll get junk out.

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If I use a HD youtube-video and convert it to MP4 and the quality "looks good" can this file be used?

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Youtube videos aren't great, to be honest, as the compress the living hell out of them, so they tend to have a fairly low bitrate.

Blu-ray/HD rips tend to be better, but youtube videos will work at a pinch. No need to re-encode to mp4. Unless you are just muxing to a new container, you will just be reducing the quality further.

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OK. Is it better when the face in the video is large and covers a large part of the screen like a close-up?

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