TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring

[bennyvo]

Hi

I just saw TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring.
Does Divx Authoring RE-Encode the video (xvid)?


thanksss

[TBoneit]

Of course it re-encodes the video. Xvid is not Divx.

It will re-encode anything you feed it including Divx.

It is most usefull encoding to Divx with Menus and Chapters for new projects which is what I use it for. The Chapters and Menus will only work on Ultra Divx players. I use a Phillips 5960.

It is also usefull to take WMV, Divx, Xvid and Mov, flv and others depending on your codecs and make a video with chapters and menus whether Divx or Standard DVD format is chosen as the output.

To put it another way it has become a all in one type of program as well as a DVD authoring program where you can feed in DVD ready files or AVIs for example and create custim menus and chapters as a .divx or standard DVD.

Hope this helps

[bennyvo]

thanks for the reply...
If that's the case then its kinda useless for me. i'll only use dvd auhtor then

[rernst]

It does not necessarily re-encode DivX. I have it and there are certain DivX files which it accepts. It is not (yet) clear to me what the criteria are, though.

[TBoneit]

I'm suspecting that the ones that work may have been encoded with Divx 6 and possibly a Home Theatre profile. I am just guessing of course.

In my case It is easier to just move on and use it for new projects and not mess with trying old files with it. If I wanted to do a old DVD project again I would go back to the DVD to let it import chapters and to be starting out with the best source rather than a previously encoded file.

But that is just me of course.