My new DVD player can play DivX

[Matsaki]

BUT there is so many, Divx, XviD, Avi etc. etc. Most of the movies i download is XviD and my player plays DivX. Whats the Difference? And how should I burn the CD or DVD?

I have a XviD and just burned it through Apples Burner and I get the message from the DVD player that there is a DivX error

Some tips nad help would be nice pls.

Ps. I have Toast too. Ds.

[AntnyMD]

Which brand and model do you own? My Philips DVP 642 is DivX certified, but also plays Xvid. I cant get it to play 3ivx or Apple MPEG4.

[miksu]

Divx and xvid are MPEG-4 family codecs. Divx is commercial, xvid is free. Or was it otherway round? Still, technically, they should be same and compatible. Quicktime MPEG-4 is technically just as compatible, but unfortunately, you can really never know for sure, which one works in particular player, even still that they are all based on MPEG-4 specs.

AVI, just like QT MOV is just file-container. It can be made with almost any codec, Sorenson, Cinepak, MPEG-4, even RLE, to mention few. Even those crab M$-things. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 can be used too, but common convention is use then MPG for MPEG-1 and MP2(?) for MPEG-2 (muxed) stream.

To make things even nastier, too many divx and xvid files have been produced with dumbasses that haven't any knowledge about tv-specs. Then you see movies encoded like 512 x 384, which is not based any standard, not PAL, not NTSC and not SECAM. It's just scaled down. Usually it has also 44,1kHz sound, which is CD-standard, but DVD and SVCD use 48kHz. And of course, encoded in MP3. Why downsample 4kHz, because usually it has to be resampled to 48kHz? Why MP3, AC3 is directly DVD-compatible? Goes beyond my comprehension. I guess one part of problem is program called Divxdoctor, which "conveniently" calculates you screen size and audiorate that fits in one disk. Unfortunately, it doesn't adhere to any standards.

[Faustus]

Which brand and model do you own? My Philips DVP 642 is DivX certified, but also plays Xvid. I cant get it to play 3ivx or Apple MPEG4.

Same here I avoided playing Xvid then I put something in that was and realized half way through the video that it was playing a format it didn't support. Basicly it plays MPEG4, and both Divx and Xvid are based on MPEG 4. So unless someone got fancy with the audio or REALLY fancy with the video settings it SHOULD play. Test and find out.

[AntnyMD]

Test and find out.

I've been testing, but the hard part about fully testing 3ivx and Apple MPEG4 is getting MP3 audio muxed onto the video stream. I tried it with ffmpegX's passthrough option and the player wouldnt take it. It even made VLC choke. I've given up on testing those codecs however. I've found Xvid to be superior to 3ivx, my previous favorite.

Now I just wish MPEG Streamclip could wrap its encodes into an .avi container with MP3 audio.

[mhar4]

I've found Xvid to be superior to 3ivx, my previous favorite.

Intriguing.

I have the newest XviD but haven't really used it. One of the advantages of 3ivx is its integration into Diva for automatic two-pass encoding. What applications do you use to produce XviD encodes?

[AntnyMD]

What applications do you use to produce XviD encodes?

I use ffmpegX. There is an Xvid codec component out for QuickTime now (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~naegelic/download/), but it wraps the video in a .mov container.

[Matsaki]

Ok but how shall I burn a XviD or DivX movie in Toast so the player (Sony DVP-NS765P) will recognize it and play?

If I put the file in Video burning in Toast it automaticly convert it to VCD. I don't wont that.

[AntnyMD]

If the player truly supports DivX files, just burn the file onto a disc as a data disc (I've tried both "Mac&PC" and "ISO9960" and both worked).

[Matsaki]

Ok thanks and if it can play DivX (as the spec. say) it should also play XviD? Did I get it right?

[AntnyMD]

What does it say in your manual? My manual specifically mentioned the Xvid codec if I recall correctly.

[Matsaki]

Just DivX on my box

[AntnyMD]

It shouldnt hurt to try.

[Matsaki]

Darn!
It looks like my Sony player don't play XviD. I tried DivX and that plays fine.

All the movies I find on the net is in XviD format so I made a bad buy

To convert a XviD to DivX takes ages (min 10 hours) so whats the use???
Who is using DivX as that codec costs money as well. And if I have a DVD I want to ripp I will not convert it to DivX that takes so long time. Ripp and dvd2one and thats it.

Who uses DivX??? The only thing I can hope for now is a workaround or some tips for my Sony player to play XviD

[AntnyMD]

Well, in theory, you should be able to purchase (or "rent") DivX encoded movies from the internet, and, once you get the DivX code from your settop player's preferences menu, you can create an account at divx.com so you can play protected content. Now, I tried going through their process but after I created a login and password, it wouldnt then let me actually log in to give them my DVD player's code. So the moral of this story is screw DivX.

[Matsaki]

Ok thats for rental or purchased movies. But I tried some trailers and so on who do not require any code.

[AntnyMD]

Ok but how shall I burn a XviD or DivX movie in Toast so the player (Sony DVP-NS765P) will recognize it and play?

So I took a look at the DivX.com list of certified players and this one isnt on it ... this one, http://www.divx.com/hardware/detail.php?p=32, is however. The review of your player on this site (videohelp.com) lists DivX capability in error. Is it too late to get a refund or exchange?

[Matsaki]

But I converted a 10 min piece of an XviD to DivX and it plays fine? Only the XviD that gives an error.

[AntnyMD]

I would still look into the exchange.

[Iceman67]

Has anyone tried putting multiple DIVX or XVID movies on a data dvd to play in the set-top dvd player?

[ykz]

Has anyone tried putting multiple DIVX or XVID movies on a data dvd to play in the set-top dvd player?

yes, i put 2 - 4 movies on one DVD-R and burn it as strict ISO 9660 (format CD-ROM, Joliet). my player (an old Hiteker) plays also mpegs (1/2) in this way

cheers

[AntnyMD]

Has anyone tried putting multiple DIVX or XVID movies on a data dvd to play in the set-top dvd player?

I too have tried mixed formats on one disc. I put JPEG photos, Xvid AVIs, SVCD MPEG2, a DivX trailer and a 3ivx MPEG4 onto a disc to see how the player would react. Before displaying a menu, it seemed to literally examine each file (as quickly as it could I suppose). For those files it decided it could play, a little logo appeared next to each file, and for those it couldnt play, the logo changed to a question mark.