Divx to Avi

[Martin4Jay]

Can anyone tell us if you can convert divx to avi and what progam would you need to use?

The film is recognised as an avi but our programs cannot convert to DVD without the correct codec.
Many thanks

[ZippyP.]

Your divx is an avi. The audio and video in an avi can be made with any number of different codecs. If you wish to play your file then test it with Gspot and D/L and install the required codecs.

[Timmychuck]

Try this tool https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=359#comments

[ZippyP.]

Try this tool https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=359#comments

You still need to install the codecs to use it. If you don't have the codecs you can't access the file.

[Martin4Jay]

Many thanks we will give it a go

[kevflynn]

I don't know if this is where he was coming from but I am asking the same question. Regardless of the extension, the streaming format is completly different than that of a .raw avi file. I am wanting to take a divx avi file and burn it as a dvd. The dvd authoring software I have (Sonic mydvd) allows mov mpg and avi as sources however any divx coded source it rejects. Is there a converter to "uncompress" the stream back to raw? Or I could just do a playback/streamrip if anyone knows of a good freeware package...


Thanks!

Kev...

kevflynn@adelphia.net <--- respond there please! thanks again.

[spectroelectro]

You need to have a Divx codec installed in your computer so you can read and play the Divx avi file. Then you need to save it as a Type 1 or Type 2 DV avi file. To do that, you'll also need to have the right type of DV codec installed in your computer, or the right software. VirtualDubMod is picky, for example. Or you may need to go back to VDubSync 1.4.13, the withdrawn version that included Divx 3.0. Then you need to use an MPEG-2 encoder to encode the Type 1 or Type 2 DV avi file into MPEG-2. Then you need to split the MPEG-2 file into elementary streams, convert the audio to ac3, author and burn the DVD.
Even after all that, the DVD will still look like junk. Divx looks okay when played on your compute rmonitor -- it's optimized for that. But try taking the TV out from your video card and looking athte playback of the Divx file on your TV. It looks godawful. Lots of color banding, lots of macroblocks, etc. etc.
A downloaded video file should be viewed on your computer. It'll look like garbage if you convert it to a Type 1 or Type 2 DV file, encode it to MPEG-2, and burn it to DVD. But it's your time to waste.

[guns1inger]

I have taken a couple of very well encoded DivX files, encoded them to mpeg-2 (the DV step is a waste of time and energy), and they have come up looking at least as a good as a VHS version. Given these have been rare films originally shot in 16mm, I could not expect better. The only intermediate step I take is demux the audio in VirtualDub to prevent sync issues.

1. Demux audio in VirtualDub (full processing, save as uncompressed wav)

2. Encode as elementary streams using (insert favourite mpeg-2 encoder here)

3. Author and burn

4. Sit back and watch

QED

[redwudz]

You might give TheFilmMachine a try. It was made to convert AVI, especially XVID and DIVX to DVD. Freeware, works good for most XVID and DIVX. Easier than TMPGEnc for first timers.