Womble Mpeg4 Xvid & Phillips 5140 Divx Player

[Tom Saurus]

I really like how Womble Mpeg Video Wizard can export my Mpeg2 files into an XVid format. Unfortunatly my Phillips 5140 doesn't like the mpeg4 container and will not let me play the xvid files on my tv.

I took a mpg2 file and put it through avi.net and got an xvid file that would play and I was impressed with how sharp it was on my tv.

What I like about Womble is that I can "pause" the program during encoding since the task causes my computer to heat up. Avi.net doesn't have a pause button, so I worry about my computer overheating.

Is there a program that will allow me to convert my mpeg2 videos to XVid, that the Phillips will accept and that I can pause to allow my computer to cool down?

Thank you in advance for any information you can give on this topic.

[FulciLives]

Video encoding is something that will push the CPU to 100% and this will of course cause heat but the computer should not "overheat" per se.

I used to do MPEG-2 DVD encoding on a P3 650Mhz computer with 256MB RAM running WinXP Pro and with a computer of that speed (damn slow) it was not uncommon for a standard length movie to take 24 - 36 hours to encode ... sometimes 48 hours even!

I never had "overheating" problems.

So I think your worrying about "overheating" is really unnecessary.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[TBoneit]

How do you know it is overhaeting? A Temperature rise when encoding is normal.

If you can monitor the temperature tell us the high temp reading. If it truly is overheating then there are problems that need fixing. I run a P4 3.0Ghz HT at 100& overnight in a batch encode and it never overheats. I've also run a AMD X64 Dual core 4200+ at 100& and it never overheats.

Both machines the temperature rises to well under the maximum allowed by the maker of the CPU temp.

[GMaq]

Hi,
Other than your overheating issue, Why not just export your MVW projects as .AVI's?? MVW will export MPEG, AVI and MPEG-4 files, You will have to install the XviD Codec because the XviD Codec it uses for MPEG-4 doesn't work in the AVI Export. If you export as AVI you can use any Audio and Video Codecs that are installed on your system, so you aren't only limited to XviD, then you can export files that will be compliant with your player right out of MVW.

[Tom Saurus]

FulciLives: Thanks for your input. I feel a little better about encoding now. In the past I have had heat issues with my computer, so I tend to worry about how hot it is getting. It seems to be getting up to 55 Celcius, and staying there, and not climbing any higher. The encoder is using 50 percent of the system resources. I am using a program called Speedfan to monitor, the temperature.

TBoniet: It looks like I am worrying too much about the heat building up. Now since my computer is underclocking it seems that perhaps the heat issue isn't as serious as it once was. If things work out I will be having my new computer built sometime soon, then I will perhaps be able to relax abit, since I can assign different tasks to each computer and take the burden off the one I have now. Thank you for the information you have provided. It looks like my computer is going to take 44 minutes to convert a mpeg2, 23 minute episode to XVid format. So if Speedfan is accurate it is reaching a high of 55 Celcius and not going any higher.

GMaq: I just installed the XVid Codec, and I am exporting an avi with Womble. It is set a 720x480, 29.97 fps, and it has the audio listed as mp3. The video that is being exported is listed as XVid Mpeg 4 Codec. Thank you for your advice, I see there is a "Pause" button, even in the .avi export part of Womble. It would be nice indeed if Womble will export something my Phillips Divx Player will accept.

[FulciLives]

I have a Philips DVP-5140 and I use autoGK to make MPEG-4 AVI files using the XviD codec.

autoGK has a built-in option to make the MPEG-4 compatible with stand alone devices that use the MTK chipset (MTK is short for the MediaTek chipset). The Philips DVP-5140 uses a MediaTek chipset.

autoGK gets my vote for the best MPEG-4 encoding program but another that I don't use yet is highly regarded is avi.net so you might want to try that as well. Again it is known to make a MPEG-4 that is compatible with stand alone units such as the Philips DVP-5140 etc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman