Fastest Xvid to Divx Converter

[djparis]

I'm exhasting tons of options and have yet to find a truly fast converter program.
I've used Divx Doctor through to Divx COnverter and i'm now onto AutoGK. All of these programs are taking at least 2 full hours of converting any AVI file I have.

I'm not sure the benefits of any of these programs OR if they are even the best to use, since the time it takes to convert an AVI file on my computer to watch on my DVD player as a DivX file is ridiculous. In 2 hours I could convert a whole AVI file to a DVD format with AUDIO TS and VIDEO TS folders and everything.

Can anyone recommend a program? Thanks.

[Baldrick]

Have you tried play the xvid avi files on your dvd player? Most divx players supports xvid also.

[jagabo]

No program can go faster than the Divx encoder will encode.

You can speed up the encoder by using "1-pass quality based" encoding and setting the Encoding Mode to "Balanced" or faster.

On my computer (Core 2 Duo), with those settings, a 45 minute 624x352 Xvid file takes less than 15 minutes to encode with Divx.

[djparis]

I'll give Autogk another go. It seems slowwwwwww as hell though. I guess 2 hrs will be the norm. LOL.

[guns1inger]

Try AVIDemux or AlltoAVI, however as Baldrick pointed out, most Divx certified players will play Xvid quite happily. I suspect that you are just wasting your time in most instances.

[PuzZLeR]

Why do you want to convert Xvid to DivX?

If you were to take an MPEG-2 DvD stream, would you re-convert it again to MPEG-2, waste time and quality, just to have it from the same encoder, even though it's still MPEG-2 from before and worked just as well?

That's what you're doing here too. DivX and Xvid are practically the same thing, almost compatible with each other, only that they come from different encoding algorithms.

Ok, had to say that first.

Regardless, due to the highly compressed form of DivX/Xvid, encoding Xvid content to DivX will be alot slower than DvDs/VOBs/MPEG-2 to DivX. Similarly as well, encoding anything to DivX will be alot slower than converting anything to DvD/VOB/MPEG-2. Expect longer times.

[live4fun]

The fastest Xvid or Divx converter is Win Avi converter or Ultra video converter (both are not freeware ),it will take only 25 to 30 minutes to convert 2 hour movies, ultra video converter take little more time than win avi converter

[guns1inger]

The fastest Xvid or Divx converter is Win Avi converter or Ultra video converter (both are not freeware ),it will take only 25 to 30 minutes to convert 2 hour movies, ultra video converter take little more time than win avi converter

Both will also crash often (free feature), produce mediocre quality, and make your life miserable (which is the true cost of WinAVI)

[KBeee]

Instead of converting your Xvid to DivX, try running it through MPEG4Modifier.
It may be something as simple as packed bitstream that's stopping the Xvid playing on your DVD player.

[mohnitor]

fourCC changer ???

[jman98]

djparis may be long gone from this thread, but just in case this is of any help to newer members...

1) Fast does NOT equal good. Keep that in mind.
2) Why on earth are so many people resistant to just letting their PC do their encoding work while they sleep? Then who cares if it takes 2 or 3 hours or even longer?

[jagabo]

1) Fast does NOT equal good.

It can be if you use single pass constant quality encoding. It may not be small though.

Just for fun I encoded (mid speed Core 2 Duo) a 45 minute, 358 MB, 640x368 25 fps Xvid AVI with VirtualDub in Fast Recompress mode with Divx 6.8 at its "Fastest" setting, single pass constant quality, quantizer=3, in less than 5 minutes. The new file is pretty much indistinguishable from the original, quality wise, but is almost twice as large.

This would be just fine if one just wants to convert a video to watch on their Divx/DVD player once. Not every conversion needs to be archival quality.

[nachopala]

1) Fast does NOT equal good.

It can be if you use single pass constant quality encoding. It may not be small though.

Just for fun I encoded (mid speed Core 2 Duo) a 45 minute, 358 MB, 640x368 25 fps Xvid AVI with VirtualDub in Fast Recompress mode with Divx 6.8 at its "Fastest" setting, single pass constant quality, quantizer=3, in less than 5 minutes. The new file is pretty much indistinguishable from the original, quality wise, but is almost twice as large.

This would be just fine if one just wants to convert a video to watch on their Divx/DVD player once. Not every conversion needs to be archival quality.

This was really helpfull thanks! I just needed something to convert fast so I could play it on the PS3.