DIVX to AVI conversion

[jjbodean1970]

which tool to use? i am trying to convert some DIVX files to avi for conversion to DVD using tmpgenc and tmpgenc author. well versed in both of these tools, but not so much in using divx files.

thanks in advance!

[Baldrick]

.DIVX files? It may be enough just to rename to .avi.

[jjbodean1970]

cool, i will give that a shot, thanks!

[jjbodean1970]

ok, i renamed them .avi files but it still says under properties that it is a divx file. how do i actually change the file type?

[Soopafresh]

Think of AVI as an envelope in which you place your audio and video files. Those video files might be Divx, Xvid, h264, etc. So comparing AVI to Divx is like comparing an envelope to the items you place inside it.

As long as you have the codec to play back DivX files (such as ffdshow ), tmpgenc should accept the file for conversion.

[jjbodean1970]

ok, got it, i had to change my view to show the file extensions, thanks again for all your help!

[jjbodean1970]

ok, new problem, same files. i got the divx files to be avi files by changing the extention and they are recognized as such by virtualdub. tmpgenc is not recognizing them though. what gives?

[guns1inger]

When you look at your list of files in Wndows Explorer, do you see the file extensions ?

e.g. are they listed at movie1.divx and movie2.avi, or just as movie1 and movie2 ?

[jjbodean1970]

originally i did not see the file extensions, but i fixed that problem

[fritzi93]

Do you get an error message like file unsupported? You could try changing VFAPI priority settings. Right-click DirectShow Multimedia File Reader and change to priority 2. Worth a try. Good luck.