XviD to DivX

[hbkhhh69]

The conversion of XviD to DivX is not so hard after all the testing I have done. XviD to DivX is plain and simple, even if it is with the AC3 (5.1 Dolby Digital Audio). Why convert XviD to DivX? For those of you whose DVD Players can not read SVCD MPEG2, burning the newly encoded DivX file will work on most DVD Player's that read VCD. In other words, Nero Burning Rom can encode the DivX into a VCD file so that you can watch it on your DVD Player. Adding an XviD AVI into an SVCD or VCD complication will freeze and crash your Nero. However, Nero takes a LONG TIME encoding the DivX file into an SVCD or VCD. When you convert the XviD into a DivX AVI, the time of the conversion takes about the length of the actual video.

The tools you will need to convert XviD to DivX are Nimo Lite Codec Pack which includes an XviD Codec, Virtual Dub, and the DivX 5 Codec. After you are doen installing all of these codecs, you are all ready to encode. The first thing you need to do us go to the START menu>> Programs>> XviD>> and open up the 'AviCC (FourCC Changer)'. Open up the XviD video by clicking on the "..." browse and open up the XviD video. Change the settings both FourCC Description Code and FourCC Used Codec to DIVX. It will say the it was applied. Click ok and quit the application. The next thing you need to do is launch Virtual Dub. Click on 'File' and open your video. Go under 'Video' and change the mode to Full Processing Mode. Next, go to Video again and select compression. Chose the DivX 5 Codec and click 'Configure' to change the bitrate if you want and then click OK and OK again. Under the 'Audio' menu, it should read Direct Stream Copy and AVI Audio. Now under 'File' click SAVE as AVI. Name the file and click OK. The conversion will take the time of the length of the video. XviD to DivX conversion complete.

After the conversion if you want to burn it as SVCD or VCD which is why we encoded the XviD into DivX, open up NERO. If you are burning it as SVCD, it will still work for those DVD Players that don't read SVCD MPEG2 because this is a DivX that you are burning. Select SVCD compliant and now, (depending on what kind of cd you are going to burn it to) check "create standard..", fit to cd size, then click "compatibility" and make sure everything is "(standard)". **If you are using an 80mb cd-r make sure to finalize, and the opposite goes if you are using cd-rw's. Now, hit "new", then choose only ONE DIVX file you want to convert to SVCD (quality will suffer if you try to cram it all in one....**as soon as I am able to test a dvd burner I'll let y'all know how to copy about 5 DVD movies to one dvd)
...drag into compilation...THEN right-click on it, "properties", and in the drop-down menu for "Scaling Method" select "Scale and Fit"...(I learned the hard way why shouldn't use "maximize (default) the pixels are a hell of a lot bigger...). By now you should have noticed that the file probably doesn't fit...SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU now click file, compilation info...then in the "encoding bitrate" box (where 'try to fit.." is selected) click "user defined" and in the drop-down menu change it to "225kb/s"..(I hear anything higher will cause probz)...the click ok..."refresh compilation" if you have to...then burn!!!!

Anyone who has questions can email me: vincemcmahon@hotmail.com

Enjoy!

[SanderMan]

Why would anyone want to do this? There are much better options for converting Xvid to vcd. Also the mpeg encoder from nero is not that good.

I would suggest doing this with dvd2svcd. (it can encode to vcd). With Tmpgenc you get much better video quality. I have no problems at all converting xvid with this method.

Also if your dvd player doesn't support SVCD, you can always try the vcd header trick. That works for a lot of dvd players.

Just my 2cts.

[StanEis]

I second that. I have encoded many XVID avi's with TmpgEnc with perfect results. Nero's encoder just plain sux. To each their own regarding method but I like easy and I like results.

Hey, your 2 cents and my 2 cents makes 4 cents...better than no sense I guess =)

[RadicalEd]

jesus christ, I try to avoid this place for the stupidity, but the chance to reply to this I cant pass up.
Who the hell would want to convert an already compressed xvid movie, TO DIVX 5, and then again to mpeg1 through NERO's shit mpeg encoder. As if VCD dosent look like shit enough as is.

You dont even need DVD2SVCD, just create an avs to resize and filter if needed, open the damn thing in TMPG, and encode.

sorry if I'm being harsh, but this place has so many useless and/or bad guides and the forum is so chock full of stupid repetitive questions that its hard to have much respect for it all :\


-edit- allow me to critique further:
1. changing the fourcc to divx does nothing, NO-THING
2. Full processing mode in virtualdub will slow the encoding down a lot, and shouldnt be used unless you're using filters. I'd explain why, but it would be a waste of my time.
3. Whether you're converting divx to SVCD or uncompressed to SVCD, it has NOTHING to do with whether it will play on your dvd player. Where the hell are you getting this information.

I'm sorry, but try to know what you're talking about before you write a 'guide'

[hbkhhh69]

I don't know what you are trying to say, but OKAY, whatever. I will convert the newly created DivX to MPEG VCD through TMPEGEnc and only converting DivX makes it the same amount of clearness.

[baronbri2001]

I have found this useful! As I had a troublesome Xvid that kept crashing TMPenc with Runtime error 216's (even though I had converted other Xvids OK). The File in question was 8 Legged Freaks. Now I have a normal divX I can convert in the normal way with TMPenc. Thanks!!!

[tompearson]

There is no need to be so nasty when responding to plea's for help. At the end of the day we all have to learn and that is what this forum is all about. I am surprised one of the mods has not already pulled you for the tone of the post.

I agree with your comments, but we all have personal ways of doing things which are not always to everyone's liking. Remember sometimes people search in a way that the forum search engine does not pick it up, or they clearly do not how to define the appropriate search.

Please remember we were all beginners once!!

[hbkhhh69]

Thanks for telling everyone that there is no reason to be nasty. And thanks to the people who found my method useful!

[Faceman101]

Not useful at all.

[hbkhhh69]

OK

[jolo]

Sometimes, you get people who know a little and think they know everything.
First of all, I will bet every single "stupid" beginner knows about 100 times what you know accept for this piece of trivia of one little type of conversion.

Second is that a lot of people have different needs and if this is not of interest to you personally, shut the heck up, post nothing and go away.

Someone takes the time to help others and they get crap.

Personally it is so funny how some people are so cheap that they put down and try to do things to screw a good company like Divx Labs because they might have to pay $14 or something, which pays salaries and "serious" development. They will was hundreds of hours to find some was of getting out of help others out who work for a living.

There are so many advantages to using Divx over Xvid, which does nothing but cloud serious professionals that are trying to standardize compression modes so that it is simple and inexpensive to get a stand alone DVD player that plays compressed video.

You guys are the "Ralph Naders" of the video world.

The big reason I always convert Xvids that come into my possesion to Divx 5.1.1 is that the Xvid stuff lacks professional standards, it undercuts people who are trying to make a serious living by asking for a few dollars, complicates video compression for no reason whatsoever but snob appeal and to save about $14 or so. That group is a major reason why compressed video is not standard on all DVD players on the market. The egos and the smugness says it all.

I have a DVD player that plays Divx 5.1.1 incredibly well. Also, I get things playing on a PC or on my DVD player working incredibly consistently, without the off the wall compression figures that one can do wih xvid.

So I thank those who contributed to making a guide to convert Xvid to Divx format. It helps people who have stand alone DVD players that have Divx format a lot. Simplifies life and stays within a standard,

For the Xvid snobs ..... go to a Star Trek convention or something and stop thinking that you know anything usefull, you don't.

[xtreemkareem]

A Few things....

1) Converting from XVID to DivX and using Nero to encode to MPEG-1... that is a slow low quality way to go... not an opinion thing... it's plain fact

2) XviD and DivX have their niches. Yes, DivX is more standard and it's the codec that started it all (technically it was MS MPEG-4 v3 but who gives a shit about MS ). I was a diehard DivX fan until I saw some of the sharpness of decent XviD encodes... granted loading XviD into TMPGenc requires demuxing the audio or frameserving from VDub... both DivX and XviD have their pros and cons. If DivX integrated multiple B frames and trellis quantisization and chroma motion.. it would rock ass. As far as standardization goes, most DivX certified players will support XviD... as long as you don't use Qpel and GMC (same goes for DivX as well)

3) I think the best way to encode DivX or XviD to VCD is to load into VDub or avisynth, apply filters and frameserve to TMPgenc. But to each his own

4) We were all noobs at some time but we should take into account badwidth and webspace for this website. Don't remake a guide, especially if it's not all that

5) Changing the XviD 4cc to DivX allows you playback Xvid with the DivX playback filters (which are better than the xvid playback filters and more stable than ffdshow)

6) There is more than one way to say someone is wrong. If you strongly disagree with someone just tell them - YOU ARE WRONG. No need for bashing and and insulting and classifying the noob phylum as several levels primitive to a sea snail... just disagree and explain... if you want to. I too am sometimes frustrated by posts by people who could have learned by reading other posts the way most veterans do... that's how you learn. If you can take the time to ask a question or post a guide, don't tell me you don't have time to do a little searching around the forums and guides (which the admins do a great job at organizing by the way)

7) At this rate, I may be able to replace indolikaa as peacekeeper (just kidding, you're doing a great job! :P )

[teegee420]

jesus christ, I try to avoid this place for the stupidity, but the chance to reply to this I cant pass up.
Who the hell would want to convert an already compressed xvid movie, TO DIVX 5, and then again to mpeg1 through NERO's shit mpeg encoder. As if VCD dosent look like shit enough as is.

You dont even need DVD2SVCD, just create an avs to resize and filter if needed, open the damn thing in TMPG, and encode.

sorry if I'm being harsh, but this place has so many useless and/or bad guides and the forum is so chock full of stupid repetitive questions that its hard to have much respect for it all :\


-edit- allow me to critique further:
1. changing the fourcc to divx does nothing, NO-THING
2. Full processing mode in virtualdub will slow the encoding down a lot, and shouldnt be used unless you're using filters. I'd explain why, but it would be a waste of my time.
3. Whether you're converting divx to SVCD or uncompressed to SVCD, it has NOTHING to do with whether it will play on your dvd player. Where the hell are you getting this information.

I'm sorry, but try to know what you're talking about before you write a 'guide'

What an elitist piece of shit you sound like!

[hbkhhh69]

thanks for sticking up for me

[VCDHunter]

thanks for sticking up for me

I wouldn't read too much into it - teegee will post anywhere at anytime :P

Your guide is just that, yours and a guide. Its not a hard and fast rule - its simply a guide. That said its not something I would ever need to do. Xvid > Divx > VCD, way too much work for me, but I'm lazy but then again I'd also never use Nero to encode anything either.

[teegee420]

I wouldn't read too much into it - teegee will post anywhere at anytime :P

Now wait just a damned................aw, crap. :P

[Roderz]

Nimo Codec Pack

Ahhhh - runaway, runaway !!

[Alan69]

Personally it is so funny how some people are so cheap that they put down and try to do things to screw a good company like Divx Labs because they might have to pay $14 or something, which pays salaries and "serious" development. They will was hundreds of hours to find some was of getting out of help others out who work for a living.

There are so many advantages to using Divx over Xvid, which does nothing but cloud serious professionals that are trying to standardize compression modes so that it is simple and inexpensive to get a stand alone DVD player that plays compressed video.

You guys are the "Ralph Naders" of the video world.

The big reason I always convert Xvids that come into my possesion to Divx 5.1.1 is that the Xvid stuff lacks professional standards, it undercuts people who are trying to make a serious living by asking for a few dollars, complicates video compression for no reason whatsoever but snob appeal and to save about $14 or so. That group is a major reason why compressed video is not standard on all DVD players on the market. The egos and the smugness says it all.

Get a clue. People don't owe Divx $14 just because that's what they ask for, or because they did a little work. Look back some and you'll see they took much work from Microsoft in the first place, what great saviors they are.. And the people donating their time to make Xvid are arguably better than those doing it for profit with Divx. Xvid works extremely well for what it is, and it does Divx's job a bit better.

You want consistent standards? What the hell are you doing supporting Divx? Go buy a VCR and support the good people making those machines, and stop clouding the video standards with dumb Divx. What an ignorant approach you have. Go buy a good player that can handle Xvid and stop being a reverse Divx snob.

You sound like a Divx employee that can't handle someone else is willing to donate time to give away a competing product.


And the original post is two steps when it should be one, so not that great an idea. The half that some said was useful is what VDub does in the first place, anyone who follows the instructions should be able to convert Xvid to Divx with VDub without much extra help, not that they shouldn't just get Xvid in the first place. Maybe not quite as bad as that post, but no great thing either.

Alan

[duhmez]

Let me add to this. I suggest to not use this method it will seriously urt your quality (but it will work)

Read the virtualdub frameserving guide, it's very easy to do, and then it involves a one step conversion right to vcd!

Check it out!

[gastorgrab]

Here's the tool i use to convert XviD to DivX:
http://www.inmatrix.com/files/avic_download.shtml

We're talking AVI's right?