DVD or DivX - Which is better?

[n8oay]

I have a Philips DVP5960 DVD player, which can play DivX 4, DivX 5, DivX 6, DivX Ultra, MPEG1 and MPEG 2 in addition to DVDs. I have several 640x480 resolution wmv files that I want to convert so that I can run them on the TV. Which of these formats will give me the best TV display results? This DVD rookie knows absolutely nothing about DivX. I am running Xandros 4 Linux and Windows XP, so I can use just about any program to do the conversion, and I have found several good possibilities by searching the How To Guides. I am just not sure which format I want to use.

[guns1inger]

I would use Dr Divx, convert them to Divx6 at 640 x 480 at whatever seems to be a fair bitrate. Can't more specific without knowing more about the actual videos in question.

If they are DRM protected them you will have to strip the DRM from them first.

[n8oay]

Thanks, guns1inger. I hope this is what you need. The .wmv video properties are:

Bit Rate - 2.09 Mbps
Video Size - 640 X 476
Aspect Ratio - 1.34:1
Audio Codec - WMA 9.1, 96kbps, 44KHz Stereo (A/V), 2-pass CBR
Video Codec - WMV 9 Professional

[guns1inger]

Use Constant Quality with a setting of 3 and see how big the files are. This should preserve pretty close to the original image quality.